LA Purchase
The U.S. wanted access to this.
What is the Mississippi River?
He was sent by the U.S. government to defend New Orleans against the British.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Its access to the MS River and being a major port made it a military target of the British during the War of 1812.
What is New Orleans?
He was the first governor of the Territory of Orleans.
Who is William C.C. Claiborne?
The year the Louisiana Purchase was made.
What is 1803?
He was the leader of France at the time of the Louisiana Purchase.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
They were burned by the British in the War of 1812.
What is the White House & Capitol?
A major cause of the War of 1812.
What is impressment?
The year Louisiana became a state.
What is 1812?
Two cultural differences between Louisianians and Americans.
What is language & religion?
It's the eastern boundary of the Louisiana Purchase.
What is the Mississippi River?
Fighting on their own soil was the main ______ of the of the U.S. in the War of 1812.
What is an advantage?
The year the Battle of New Orleans was fought.
What is 1815?
The U.S. acquired this area by annexing it.
What is West Florida?
They lost rights when Louisiana became a state.
Who is free people of color?
Florida was owned by this country at the time of the Louisiana Purchase.
Who is Spain?
People who helped fight in the Battle of New Orleans.
Who is Baratarian pirates, Choctaw Native Americans, Free People of Color, & local militia?
America's victory in this caused growth in national pride.
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
The president that approved Louisiana becoming a state.
Who is James Madison?
The pirate who helped the Americans in the Battle of New Orleans.
Who is Jean Lafitte?
Two effects of the LA Purchase: provided for future _________ of the U.S. & eliminated the threat of the _______ west of the MS River.
What is growth & French?
It ended the War of 1812, but news had not reached the U.S.
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
It killed British General Edward Pakenham.
What is grapeshot?
This settled the issue of the boundary dispute between Louisiana and Spanish Texas.
What is the Adams-Onis Treaty or Transcontinental Treaty?
They had more men in the Battle of New Orleans.
Who are the British?