To the end of his days, Andrew Jackson was infuriated by people who talked derisively about the Battle of New Orleans, fought after the treaty had been signed. He said, Britain did not rise to world dominance by obeying treaties not in its favor. If they weren't defeated, they could have retained control of the Mississippi, quickly build…
To the end of his days, Andrew Jackson was infuriated by people who talked derisively about the Battle of New Orleans, fought after the treaty had been signed. He said, Britain did not rise to world dominance by obeying treaties not in its favor. If they weren't defeated, they could have retained control of the Mississippi, quickly building a series of forts on the western side. They that would have been the border of the United States.
The war was an impasse to that point. Washington had been burned. but Baltimore saved itself at Fort McHenry, much to Francis Scott Key's delight. Most of the British sympathisizers had gone north to Canada. Canada had defended itself from zealous Americans. New orleans was necessary to show the British that their war making was obsolete and the US could kick the shit out of them. After NOLA, there were no more attempts to re-take America militarily.
To the end of his days, Andrew Jackson was infuriated by people who talked derisively about the Battle of New Orleans, fought after the treaty had been signed. He said, Britain did not rise to world dominance by obeying treaties not in its favor. If they weren't defeated, they could have retained control of the Mississippi, quickly building a series of forts on the western side. They that would have been the border of the United States.
The war was an impasse to that point. Washington had been burned. but Baltimore saved itself at Fort McHenry, much to Francis Scott Key's delight. Most of the British sympathisizers had gone north to Canada. Canada had defended itself from zealous Americans. New orleans was necessary to show the British that their war making was obsolete and the US could kick the shit out of them. After NOLA, there were no more attempts to re-take America militarily.