General Prevost led 10, 000 British troops from Canada into New York to capture Plattsburgh, an important city on Lake Champlain. In September 1814, an American naval force defeated the British fleet at the Battle of .....

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General Prevost led 10, 000 British troops from Canada into New York to capture Plattsburgh, an important city on Lake Champlain. In September 1814, an American naval force defeated the British fleet at the Battle of ____

A	Lake Erie
B	Lake Ontario
C	Lake Champlain
D	Lake Michigan

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Battle of Plattsburgh, also called the Battle of Lake Champlain, (6–11 September 1814), battle during the War of 1812 that resulted in an important American victory on Lake Champlain that saved New York from possible British invasion via the Hudson River valley.

Detailed explanation-2: -Plattsburgh was defended by New York and Vermont militia and detachments of regular troops of the United States Army, all under the command of Brigadier General Alexander Macomb, and ships commanded by Master Commandant Thomas Macdonough.

Detailed explanation-3: -The war declaration, opposed by a sizable minority in Congress, had been called in response to the British economic blockade of France, the impressment of American seamen into the British Royal Navy against their will, and the British support of hostile Indian tribes along the Great Lakes frontier.

Detailed explanation-4: -On January 8, 1815, a large British army attacked New Orleans and was decimated by an inferior American force under General Andrew Jackson in the most spectacular U.S. victory of the war.

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