THE WAR OF 1812 DVDDVD ON RESERVE IN LIBRARYTHE HISTORY CHANNEL THE FIRST SECTION ONLY THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS: 5 PARTICIPATION POINTSWrite a response to the Analytical Questions in short essay format, supporting your arguments with specific details and key quotations from the film. You can earn as many as 5 Class Participation points for this assignment. Direct any questions about the film or this assignment to me via e-mail. Please send the essay to me as an e-mail attachment to scarson@marymount.edu by March 15, 2017.Why was the port of New Orleans so important to all the countries fighting in this war?Describe the beginning of the Battle at dusk on land, and the Battle at sea at nightWhat important city did the British burn?Why the area around New Orleans is called the “Crescent City”?Although Major General Jackson had US infantry in his for this battle, who are the other local people who joined in the fight?Why did the British Naval Fleet commanded by Admiral Alexander Cochrane have to stop so far from land?What did they have to do to get men and artillery onto land and through the swamps?What was General Pakenham’s battle plan? Did it work?How and what was the effect did the weather have on the Battle?At the Battle of East Bank, how many Americans and British troops die?
