Winning The War of 1812

REVOLUTION WINNER;

NEW ORLEANS OR YORKTOWN?

Steve HelmeciPeriod 7

OBJECTIVE The students should be able to decide

whether the Battle of New Orleans or the Battle of Yorktown was more influential in our country's history

BACKGROUND ON THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS

Andrew Jackson-U.S. General

during the Battle of New Orleans

January 8, 1815 Britain sent between 11,000

and 14,450 troops under Sir Edward Pakenham for the Louisiana Campaign

Americans had about 4,000 soldiers led by General Jackson

Fighting went on from December 1814 to January 1815

Fresh troops arrived the first week of January, 1815

DIAGRAM OF THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS

Americans

British

DIAGRAM OF THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS

Americans

British

WHAT AMERICA GOT OUT OF IT Great Britain agreed to relinquish claims

to the Northwest Territory Both countries pledged to work toward

ending the slave trade America, in turn, gained influence as a

foreign power

BACKGROUND ON THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN The British had been rampaging

through the south, defeating the Americans at Savannah and Charles Town

After a while, Cornwallis lost his control of the Carolinas

He marched his troops up to Virginia and seized Yorktown and Gloucester, the towns on either side of the York River

He expected Major General Clinton to come with reinforcements from New York when Admiral De Grassi from the French Fleet arrived and General Washington marched down from New York, but he never came

George Washington-

American General at Yorktown

DIAGRAM OF THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN

British

WHAT AMERICA GOT OUT OF IT The British agreed to recognize the

United States’ independence Its borders now stretched from the Great

Lakes till Florida, and as far west as the Mississippi

The recognition of American fishing rights along the Newfoundland Banks, a point sought by the New England interests

NEWFOUNDLAND BANKS MAP

YOU DECIDE! At the bottom of the handout you

received, there is a space for you to fill in which battle you think won us our true independence

What do you think?

MY DECISION I believe that the Battle of New Orleans was

the more important battle for the reasons below-

My first reason is that the Battle of New Orleans- and the entire War of 1812- solidified America’s position as an international POWER. Yorktown and the Revolutionary War only solidified America’s INDEPENDENCE.

The victory in the War of 1812 gave America all of the Northwest territory, without any English dispute, thereby giving its ever- increasing population a place to settle.

DISCUSS! How did our answers compare?

RELATION TO THE THEME My topic relates to the theme of

challenges because both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 were obstacles that the new United States had to overcome to become the nation it is today. The Battles were the ends to those wars, and they sealed victories for the new nation.

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