Friends+Now+Enemies

toc =Questions= How did the British get the Indians involved? Why did Pirates, African Americans, and Indians help us at New Orleans?

=Gathering and Evaluating Evidence= First, we tried a couple of reliable websites. We tried Wikipedia,Gilder Lehrman, Wiki answers,History state government, and State of Louisiana as our secondary sources. We got lots of info from each site. When we read a few sites it didn't give enough information so we had to search in different areas to gain more info and evidence which lead us to more questions and discoveries. [|https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/age-jefferson-and-madison/timeline-terms/battle-new-orleans] We looked as early as 1808 to look for things that would lead to the War of 1812. We found that Jefferson made an Embargo Act when Britain, Europe, and the Barbary Pirates. But when Jefferson made the Embargo act 55,000 sailors lost there jobs. In 1809 congress got rid of the Embargo. But we had a treaty with Britain, but they went behind America's back and bribed the Indians to help them fight and do there dirty work. The British gave the Indians guns after saying they would give them land if they fought against us. But the British were very smart about what they did they wanted to avoid losing ranks. Instead the Tecumseh Indians lost lots of their people. Then America made a treaty with them so they didn't attack us. ''Louisianians contributed to the American victory in many ways. Behind the front lines white and free black men forty-five years and older formed home guards to protect private property and maintain order in New Orleans and surrounding towns and  posts. Slaves and citizens helped widen canals and build defenses along them. Slaves also fortified military positions and fought in several battles of the Louisiana campaign. Women at home made clothing for the troops and flags and bandages for the militia regiments, while nuns and free women of color nursed the wounded at hospitals and convents.'' ''The legendary Baratarian pirates also lent assistance to Jackson and the Americans, primarily in the form of military supplies and artillery power. The Baratarians had been approached by British officials to act as allies and waterway guides. Acting as leader of the "Frenchmen of Barataria," Jean Laffite went to American authorities while considering the British offer, ultimately securing from Jackson promises of amnesty for past offenses in return for siding with the United States and committing his men to battle.''
 * The Embargo Act**
 *  The Battle of New Orleans **

[] = = = = =Interpretation= The British went behind Americas back, they gave the Indians weapons to use against us. Even though we had a treaty with the Indians called the Treaty of Fort Jackson. It ended the Creek War and was created for peace between us. The Indians did this because the British promised them land in return for attacking the Americans for them. That way nothing happened to the British, the Indians did all the work for them. We had many pirates while Jefferson was in office. We had problems with the British and France raiding our ships too. In 1803 Britain and France were at war once again. Trading with either country at that time cause our ships to be raided by the other. That shut us off with trading with anyone. We were in total isolation. This Embargo Act created a terrible consequence of making 55,000 sailors loose their jobs. But during this time the pirates were at the Barbary States of Africa. This had been going on for a while because even President Washington and Adams paid over $2 million worth of tribute to the Barbary States so that we could be safe. But when Jefferson became president, he decided that he hated paying tribute more than war. So we went to war with the Barbary States at Tripoli. In 1805 Tripoli signed a peace treaty with the U.S.