THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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Question
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The Treaty of Ghent had already been signed
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The Treaty of Paris had already been signed.
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Peace Talks in Paris werent moviing forward
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The Treaty of Greenville ceded the southern sttes
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why was the Battle of New Orleans fought after the Americans and British had already signed a peace treaty? Although American and British negotiators signed a peace treaty between their two nations in Ghent on December 24, 1814, news of the treaty had not reached the shores of the United States by January 8, 1815.
Detailed explanation-2: -Both the British and American troops were unaware of the peace treaty that had been signed between the two countries in Ghent, Belgium, a few weeks prior, and so the Battle of New Orleans occurred despite the agreements made across the Atlantic.
Detailed explanation-3: -(The irony was that the war was officially over before the battle had even begun. A peace treaty to end the war had been signed on December 24, 1814, but news was so slow to travel that neither side was aware of the fact.)
Detailed explanation-4: -Just two weeks after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, U.S. General Andrew Jackson achieves the greatest American victory of the War of 1812 at the Battle of New Orleans.