<span>On January 8, 1815, the British marched against New Orleans, hoping that by capturing the city they could separate Louisiana from the rest of the United States. Pirate Jean Lafitte, however, had warned the Americans of the attack, and the arriving British found militiamen under General Andrew Jackson strongly entrenched at the Rodriquez Canal. In two separate assaults, the 7,500 British soldiers under Sir Edward Pakenham were unable to penetrate the U.S. defenses, and Jackson’s 4,500 troops, many of them expert marksmen from Kentucky and Tennessee, decimated the British lines. In half an hour, the British had retreated, General Pakenham was dead, and nearly 2,000 of his men were killed, wounded, or missing. U.S. forces suffered only EIGHT KILLED and 13 wounded.</span>
The Answer will be choice b
The Colonies benefited from Imperialism and the protection that GB gave with the protection against Indigenous peoples and the French. This costed a lot of money and resources to make, thus taxes were necessary because after the 7 years way, the GB bank was basically bankrupt and into a lot of debt.
It marked the start of the American War of Independence
Answer:
um i think its false
Explanation:
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