Cherokee War
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Colonial History (1607-1775), American Indian History
- Geographical Location: South Carolina
- Date: October 5, 1759-November 19, 1761
Article abstract: Total destruction of several Cherokee communities presages the Cherokee alliance with the British in the Revolutionary War.
The Cherokees, a Native American people inhabiting the southern Appalachian highlands, first encountered visitors from the Old World on May 30, 1540, during the wanderings of the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto. For more than a century after this first meeting, the Cherokees had little direct contact with European colonists. During the late seventeenth century and early eighteenth century, trade began to develop...
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