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So The Americans could control trade over the Lake
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the U.S. needed the land to control it.- Andrew Jackson and his army of 2,600 defeated over 1,00 indians
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British broke though U.S. defenses and set the white house on fire.british trying to control of the Mississippi
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british needed to get past the fort to destroy the altimore harbor
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the british wanted to control the Mississippi, but also the U.S. wanted it so it ended the battle.