Second Creek War

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The Second Creek War was an 1836 conflict in Alabama and Georgia between the United States and the Creek (Muscogee) people, arising from tensions over land cessions and forced removal.

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Label Occurrences
Second Creek Uprising 1
Second Creek War canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century war
conflict
war
affectedPopulation Creek Nation
alsoKnownAs Second Creek Uprising
linked to: Second Creek War
belligerent Creek warriors
United States Army
state militia forces
conflictBetween Creek people
linked to: Hitchiti people

Muscogee
United States
conflictType Indian War
country United States
endDate 1837
ethnicGroupInvolved Muscogee (Creek)
followedBy continued Creek removal to Indian Territory
hasParticipant Creek leaders
U.S. federal authorities
state of Alabama
linked to: Alabama

state of Georgia
historicalPeriod Antebellum period in the United States
linked to: Antebellum period
location Alabama
Georgia
United States
mainCause forced removal of Creek people
tensions over land cessions
partOf American Indian Wars
Creek Wars
linked to: Creek War of 1836

westward expansion of the United States
precededBy earlier Creek land cession disputes
primaryTheater southeastern United States
relatedTo Creek War of 1813–1814
First Creek War
result defeat of the Creek people
forced removal of many Creek to Indian Territory
further loss of Creek lands in Alabama and Georgia
startDate 1836
topic Native American history of Alabama
Native American history of Georgia
U.S. Indian removal policy
underlyingIssue enforcement of land-cession treaties
expansion of white settlement into Creek lands

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Creek War of 1836 alsoKnownAs Second Creek War
Second Creek War alsoKnownAs Second Creek Uprising
linked to: Second Creek War