1815 - Battle of New Orleans

   An American poster from the War of 1812

        With essential help from his Choctaw allies,  Andrew Jackson defeats the British forces at the Battle of New Orleans.  In less than two years, Jackson, acting as a treaty commissioner for the federal government, will begin using treaty councils as a tool to swindle the Choctaw and other souther tribes out of their homelands.

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