Saturday, January 28, 2012

Unconventional: Peace treaty and the battle of New Orleans

Unconventional: Peace treaty and the battle of New Orleans
Other events that were unconventional in the war of 1812 which caused a lot of controversy were the peace treaty signed between Great-Britain and America and the Battle that took place afterwards in New Orleans.
In 1815 America signed a peace treaty that asked for both countries to return to the same geographical position as they were before the war. Now in the past this would never happen. Any other peace treaty ever signed simply asked for peace and for both parties to be content with what they’ve had or what they’ve gained. This peace treaty made everything that had happened during the war of 1812 pointless. All of the lives lost so that the Americans could take over Canada, and so that the British could dominated America, they meant nothing.. No matter what they had lost or gained nothing changed!

The battle of New Orleans is completely unconventional because it too was not at all necessary. The message of a peace treaty didn’t arrive in time, and the British had already set sail to New Orleans where they would destroy anyone who got in their way. This was so unbelievably stupid because the war was OVER. On a much smaller scale this is like tapping out in a fight, then getting up and punching the guy in the face. It’s just not something that happens, at least not up until that point. And so the battle of New Orleans took place, the Americans were positioned way too strategically for the British to successfully conquer them and so they lost. Afterwards both armies had received the news that the peace treaty had already been signed, and they realized that the entire battle was pointless.  Pretty funny I know. I guess if that were to happen now they would probably just tweet it right?

“Hey guys, what’s up ? Just thought I’d let you know that GB and the USA are cool now. No need to waste your time down there!”

If you're interested in knowing more about the battle of New Orleans here's a clip from a documentary for you!

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