Tecumseh's War

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Tecumseh's War was an early 19th-century conflict in the Old Northwest in which the Shawnee leader Tecumseh and his Native American confederacy resisted U.S. expansion into their lands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American resistance war
military conflict
alsoKnownAs Tecumseh's Rebellion
linked to: Tecumseh's War
belligerent British Empire (as ally of Tecumseh after 1812)
linked to: British Empire

Kickapoo
Lenape
Miami
Potawatomi
Shawnee
Tecumseh's Confederacy
United States
Wea
Wyandot
cause Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809)
U.S. expansion into Native American lands
disputed land cessions in the Old Northwest
commander Henry Procter
Tecumseh
Tenskwatawa
William Henry Harrison
conflictType frontier war
endTime 1813
followedBy further Native American dispossession
increased U.S. settlement in the Old Northwest
goal to form a Native American confederacy to resist U.S. expansion
hasPart Battle of Tippecanoe
Battle of the Thames
Siege of Fort Harrison
locatedIn Northwest Territory
Old Northwest
present-day Illinois
present-day Indiana
present-day Michigan
present-day Ohio
notableDeath Tecumseh at the Battle of the Thames
opposedBy pan-Indian confederacy
partOf American Indian Wars
War of 1812 theater
linked to: War of 1812
primaryTheater Indiana Territory
relatedTo American frontier
War of 1812
religiousAspect nativist religious revival led by Tenskwatawa
result collapse of Native American military resistance in the Old Northwest
defeat of Tecumseh's Confederacy
strengthening of U.S. control over Northwest Territory
significantEvent destruction of Prophetstown
startTime circa 1810
temporalContext early 19th century

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Northwest Indian War followedBy Tecumseh's War
William Henry Harrison militaryConflict Tecumseh’s War
linked to: Tecumseh's War
Tecumseh participantIn Tecumseh's War
Tecumseh's War alsoKnownAs Tecumseh's Rebellion
linked to: Tecumseh's War
Little Turtle's War followedBy Tecumseh's War
Presidency of James Madison conflict Tecumseh's War
Battle of Tippecanoe partOf Tecumseh's War
Tenskwatawa conflict Tecumseh’s War
linked to: Tecumseh's War
Kentucky militia conflict Tecumseh's War
Shawnee Nation conflict Tecumseh's War
Indiana Territory significantEvent Tecumseh’s War
linked to: Tecumseh's War
Henry Procter opponent Tecumseh’s Confederacy (as allied but with conflicting strategies)
linked to: Tecumseh's War
Siege of Fort Harrison partOf Tecumseh's War
Roundhead associatedWith Tecumseh's resistance movement
linked to: Tecumseh's War
Kispoko involvedIn Ohio Indian Wars
linked to: Tecumseh's War
Šaawanwa hasHistoricalConflict Tecumseh's War
Indiana territorial militia conflict Tecumseh's War
Shawnee warriors conflict Tecumseh’s War
linked to: Tecumseh's War
Tippecanoe partOf Tecumseh's War