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William Henry White Settlers
1,038 wordsHistory has not been kind to Tenskwatawa, otherwise known as Lalawethika or The Prophet. He is inevitably compared to his heroic brother Tecumseh and fails to measure up in both physical and moral stature. He seems hidden in the shade of his brother's name, whereas his brother would never have had the stature he received if it were not for The Prophet's religion of classical Indian heritage. Lalawethika seemed to be plentiful of both physical and social shortcomings. An unimpressive-looking man ...
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Reading This Book Takes Place
1,149 wordsThe title of the book was The Frontiersman by Allan W. Eckert. The significance of the title was that there were many settlers trying to survive on the frontier, where the book takes place. The settlers made a name for themselves by how much land they got and how well they survived, and were called the frontiersman. The majority of The Frontiersman takes place in the area of present day Ohio. The story also takes place around Kentucky and some parts of Michigan, but its mainly centered around Oh...
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Native Americans White Man
548 wordsIn my opinion, having only the education of experience, Chief Tecumseh was a very intelligent and insightful man. He realized, and refused to accept that the Native Americans were being stripped of their lives and lands through deception and violence. He then took it upon himself to bring an end to the injustices his people were being dealt. In his speech to the Osage Indian tribe, "We all belong to one family, " Tecumseh acknowledged that the Native Americans had essentially created a monster i...
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War Of 1812 Indian Tribes
1,344 wordsA. Introduction B. Early life 1. Birth and influences 2. American Events C. Plan For an Indian Confederation D. Forming the Confederation 1. Religious Support 2. Campaigning throughout the frontier 3. Treaty of Fort Wayne E. Battle of Tippecanoe F. Weakening of the Confederation G. Looking for British support H. War of 1812 1. Allying with the British 2. Asisiting the British war effort 3. Campaigning with the Upper Creeks 4. Retreating from the front and Tecumseh's death I. Conclusion Throughou...
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War Of 1812 Indian Tribes
1,373 words... they censure the Indians from following it? (Tecumseh). The council ended in an outbreak of anger from Tecumseh, stating that the Indians had been treated unfairly. It seemed a fight was imminent, however Harrison dismissed the council before any real trouble could arise. Tecumseh was now set on war and hoped for British support against the Americans. So he began another journey through the Northwest to recruit more supporters to his cause. He crossed into Canada to obtain support from the B...
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Lieutenant Colonel Upper Canada
598 wordsMajor General Sir Isaac Brock, a hero of the War of 1812, was born on Guernesy, in the Channel Islands, in 1769. He commanded all of the armed forces in Upper Canada. He also joined the British army at 15. Promoted to senior lieutenant-colonel at 28, Brock in 1797 was given command of the 49 th Regiment. In 1801, he was made second-in-command of the land forces in Nelson's invasion of Copenhagen. In 1802, Brock was assigned to the city of York, which is now Toronto, in Canada. War with the U. S....
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Sherman Was Born 'war Is Hell Grant
749 wordsWilliam T. Sherman SHERMAN, William Tecumseh (1820 - 91). Ranked second only to General Ulysses S. Grant as the greatest Northern commander in the American Civil War, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman was a master of modern warfare. Like Grant, Sherman was born in Ohio when it was a frontier state. He was named Tecumseh for the Shawnee Indian chief who had terrorized that region a few years earlier. Sherman was born on Feb. 8, 1820, in Lancaster, Ohio. His father died when he was 9 years old. Most o...
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Civil War American Heritage
857 wordsGeneral Sherman and the Civil War- William Tecumseh Sherman was born on May 8, 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio. He was educated at the U. S. Military Academy and later went on to become a Union General in the U. S. civil war. Sherman resigned from the army in 1853 and became a partner in a banking firm in San Francisco. He became the president of the Military College in Louisiana (now Louisiana state University) from 1859 - 1861. Sherman offered his services at the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 and ...
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Hampton Roads W W
2,139 wordsThe Battle of Hampton Roads changed the course of naval history. This battle marked the first time that two ironclad warships engaged in ship to ship combat. However the USS Monitor and Popov and the Novgorod. These circular monitors were impossible to control and just drifted around (Greene 351 - 356). The civil wars in South America also saw widespread use of ironclad warships, especially in Chile and Brazil. The revolutionaries of Peru purchased unfinished Confederate ironclads from England a...
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