Battle of Fallen Timbers
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Native Americans, American Indians, Treaties, Agreements, Negotiations
- Curriculum: American Indian History, American Early National History (1789-1815)
- Geographical Location: Ohio
- Date: August 20, 1794
Article abstract: The resulting Treaty of Greenville secures U.S. control over much of Ohio and ousts its resident Native Americans.
In the 1783 Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War, the British acknowledged the United States’ claims to territory west of the Appalachians and made no effort to protect American Indian lands in the Ohio Valley. Incursions by settlers there led to serious problems, because American Indian leaders refused to acknowledge U.S. authority north of the Ohio River. Between 1784 and 1789, U.S. government officials persuaded...
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