This is an American History power point that I have created for my EDU 290 class at Central Michigan University.

2. What?
oBattle for New Orleans
oBetween December 1814 to January
1815
oBetween the United States and the
British

3. The Battle
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1815
•Only 2 days of fighting
•The war ended with the Treaty of
Ghent

5. Location
•Battles took place roughly 5 miles
south of New Orleans, LA
•Took place on Chalmette Plantation
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6. Reasons
oUnited States shipping organizations were be
abused
oThe British were requiring shipping licenses
oBritish were imprisoning U.S. sailors
o British sailors would become U.S. citizens
and then kidnap U.S. sailors and take them
back to Great Britain

7. Reasons Cont.
•Trade expansion
•Indian’s obstructed American’s expansion
to the north
•The British supplied the Indians
•British didn’t want America trading with
France

8. British General
•Major General Sir Edward
Pakenham
•Between 11,000 and
14,450 troops
•First and Fifth West Indian
Regiment
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9. U.S. General
•Major General Andrew
Jackson
•Between 3,500 and
5,000 troops
•Commander of the
Seventh Military District
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10. Results
•British •United States
•1,500 causalities •314 causalities
•484 taken prisoner •104 captured
•3 major generals dead •No Generals killed

11. Results
•Andrew Jackson became war hero
•Elected as 7th President of the United
States
•Gave United Stated world identity
•Also Jonny Horton created a widely
popular song. Click link below to see
the lyrics. Click Here
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12. Work Cited
•Battle of New Orleans. BookRags.com. Web. 19 Mar. 2010.
<http://www.bookrags.com/research/battle- of-new-orleans-aaw-01/>.
•Cowboylyrics.com. Cowboy Lyrics. Web. 20 Mar. 2010.
<http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/classic-country/battle-of-new-
orleans---johnny-horton-14929.html>.
•Grade Level Content Expectations. Michigan Department of Education. Web. 23 Mar. 2010.
•The Battle of New Orleans. Antebellum Louisiana I - Politics, Education and
Entertainment. Web. 19 Mar. 2010.
<http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/cabildo/cab6.htm>.
<http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/8thgradeSSGLCE_229673
_7.pdf>.
•GLEC’s---- Integrated U.S. History U4 USHG Era 4 Expansion and Reform 1792-1861