Winning The War of 1812

1. Winning The War of 1812

2. Revolution winner;New Orleans or Yorktown? Steve Helmeci Period 7

3. 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

4. Background on 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 Andrew Jackson- U.S. General during the Battle of New Orleans

5. Diagram of the battle of new Orleans Americans British

6. British Americans Diagram of the battle of new Orleans

7. 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

8. 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

9. Diagram of the battle of Yorktown French Fleet French British French French Americans Americans Americans

10. 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

11. Newfoundland Banks Map

12. 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?

13. 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.

14. Discuss! • How did our answers compare?

15. 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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