Battle Of New Orleans Analysis

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In the Newsela Article, The Battle of New Orleans, the main idea of the article would be that it, explains what the Battle of New Orleans was, and also provides extra events that occured outside of The Battle of New Orleans. In history class we have just recently learned about The Battle of New Orleans. I know The Battle of New Orleans was a war in 1812, which lasted till 1815, that was fought bewtween the U.S and Britain. The newsela article suggests that, " The Battle of New Orleans was fought between Januarary 8 and January 18, 1815, and was the final major battle of the War of 1812." That statement is part of the main idea. This explains what the Battle of New Orleans was. The Newsela article states that, " At the Battle of New Orleans,

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