THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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Question
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The British wanted control of the port of New Orleans.
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They couldn’t sell their crops if they couldn’t ship them on the Mississippi River.
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The Native Americans didn’t want fur traders to prosper and use those ports.
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The Federalists wanted to secede from the union if we didn’t get control of this port.
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Detailed explanation-1: -New Orleans was a port city with stores of supplies that could be seized. Control of the Mississippi River would have given the British the upper hand in the war. They would have controlled waterways throughout the Louisiana Territory as well as the Port of New Orleans and access to the Gulf of Mexico.
Detailed explanation-2: -Western farmers relied heavily on the Mississippi River to transport their wheat and corn. Spain control the New Orleans Port which was vital in the transportation of goods.
Detailed explanation-3: -France feared that Louisiana would become British. As a result, France sought to preempt any actions that Britain would undertake if it became known that Louisiana no longer enjoyed French protection before the Spanish were able to occupy and defend it.
Detailed explanation-4: -They wanted to trade with the American Indians and control the area.