Tecumseh's Rebellion
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots
- Curriculum: American Indian History, American Early National History (1789-1815)
- Geographical Location: Ohio, Michigan, Indiana
- Date: 1809-1811
Article abstract: Tecumseh, a powerful advocate of united Indian resistance to American encroachments onto Indian lands east of the Mississippi River, led what many believe was the last great hope for effective Indian opposition to the advance of the European American frontier in the eastern portion of the United States.
Soon after the conclusion of the Treaty of Fort Greenville in 1795, frontiersmen, land speculators, and settlers surged into the newly opened lands and beyond into Indian country, thereby exacerbating tensions with the tribes. As pressure...
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