1. Based upon your reading of Remini, The Battle of New Orleans, explain the factors that allowed the Americans to defeat the British in the battle.
The War of 1812 was first started because the British decided to block American shipping. This insulted the Americans pride, especially the Navy. It was a war that should have been avoided because the Council had repealed the orders two days before. The British burned American seaports and ravaged the half constructed capital of Washington. Our national anthem was created based on one of the shelling attacks. An over whelming British force was threatening New Orleans as they were patrolling the Mississippi that was a lifeline to Americans. So May of 1814 our hero Andrew Jackson will emerge. The …show more content…
His men would be ordered to dig for four days. They were widening/deepening the Rodriguez Canal that was an irrigation ditch that would go between them and the British’s line of advance. This dirt pulled from the Rodriguez Canal would be used to make a wall that stretched a quarter of a mile long, and was an impressive 8 feet high and twelve feet thick. This would be known as Line Jackson and would be equipped with eight different batteries. So the mud work was essentially turning into a thing of masterful firepower. Jackson would also send men to the West bank to establish cannon pulled from the warship USS …show more content…
They numbers of British infantry numbered around 5,000 men. The typical rifles were equipped with bayonets that could be used in close combat. All of the American troops held fast, waiting for the call to come from Old Hickory. When he commanded them, they erupted into battle. The British failed to bring ladders that would have been necessary to cross the ditch and scale the wall. The British suffer an insanely un even number of losses to the Americans. 700 men killed, 1400 wounded, and 500 prisoners were counted. This was one third of the total casualties that the Americans claimed to have
The War of 1812 was first started because the British decided to block American shipping. This insulted the Americans pride, especially the Navy. It was a war that should have been avoided because the Council had repealed the orders two days before. The British burned American seaports and ravaged the half constructed capital of Washington. Our national anthem was created based on one of the shelling attacks. An over whelming British force was threatening New Orleans as they were patrolling the Mississippi that was a lifeline to Americans. So May of 1814 our hero Andrew Jackson will emerge. The …show more content…
His men would be ordered to dig for four days. They were widening/deepening the Rodriguez Canal that was an irrigation ditch that would go between them and the British’s line of advance. This dirt pulled from the Rodriguez Canal would be used to make a wall that stretched a quarter of a mile long, and was an impressive 8 feet high and twelve feet thick. This would be known as Line Jackson and would be equipped with eight different batteries. So the mud work was essentially turning into a thing of masterful firepower. Jackson would also send men to the West bank to establish cannon pulled from the warship USS …show more content…
They numbers of British infantry numbered around 5,000 men. The typical rifles were equipped with bayonets that could be used in close combat. All of the American troops held fast, waiting for the call to come from Old Hickory. When he commanded them, they erupted into battle. The British failed to bring ladders that would have been necessary to cross the ditch and scale the wall. The British suffer an insanely un even number of losses to the Americans. 700 men killed, 1400 wounded, and 500 prisoners were counted. This was one third of the total casualties that the Americans claimed to have