USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -After the Battle of Lake Champlain, the British decided to stop fighting. The war cost too much, and there was little to gain from it. In December 1814, representatives from the United States and Britain signed a peace treaty in Ghent, Belgium.

Detailed explanation-2: -Battle of Plattsburgh, also called the Battle of Lake Champlain happened September 6 to 11, 1814. It resulted in an important American victory that saved New York from a British invasion via the Hudson River valley.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fought with a razor-thin margin, the American victory on Lake Champlain was one of the most decisive moments of the war. It saved the Americans from conquest, and in the process substantially weakened British claims for territorial concessions during the Ghent peace talks.

Detailed explanation-4: -The British army, fearful of not being supplied by the British navy, retreated into Canada. The War of 1812 came to an end largely because the British public had grown tired of the sacrifice and expense of their twenty-year war against France.

Detailed explanation-5: -During the Battle of Plattsburg on Lake Champlain, a newly built U.S. fleet under Master Commandant Thomas Macdonough destroys a British squadron, forcing the British to abandon their siege of the U.S. fort at Plattsburg and retreat to Canada on foot.