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War Of 1812 Dbq Essay

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It was basically the last major battle against Great Britain. A fact, before the war was fought a peace treaty was signed. The treaty of Ghent was signed on December 1814, but it did not reach the Americas until after the battle. The battle was not the reason why the war ended, but it was good for the US reputation. That Americans can function independently, and it enforced the idea of the US being able to hold their own. The War of 1812 was declared because of many reasons. President James Madison had asked Congress to declare war against Great Britain with a message with the list of provocations by Great Britain. A few listed by Remini were “the British were impressing American seamen to help fight the war against Napoleon and seizing American …show more content…

Jackson fought with the welfare of his army in his mind. When troops lacked weapons Jackson requested the ladies in New Orleans to look through everything for any type of weapon like a “pistol, old musket, flint, sword, gun barrel, and ramrod they could find” (Remini 101). Jackson’s army was well fed. New Orleans was filled with food. While Britain’s army had food shortages because of the plantations they plundered. For the nightly attacks Jackson had Choctaw Indians terrorize the British camp. That brought the morality up, and there would be small celebrations in the American camp. While Britain’s army “sat around without tents, without parade, without show of any kind” (Remini …show more content…

Certain groups would be put in certain positions that would work best with them. Batteries No. 6 and No. 7 were the Tennessee troops. The Kentucky militiamen were brought up to support the left side of General Carroll’s position. The Choctaw Indians guarded the line into the cypress swamps. Withers, was a merchant was good with his shots, and on the battle, Withers and his group made up a contest to “who would claim the honor of having dispatched the British colonel” (Remini 142). Everyone had their own set of skills, and Jackson used that for the benefit of winning the battle. Great Britain could not see the benefits of having such diversity to an

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