Northwest Indian War

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The Northwest Indian War was a late 18th-century conflict in the Old Northwest between a confederation of Native American tribes, supported at times by the British, and the United States over control of the region following American independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century conflict
military conflict
war
alsoKnownAs Little Turtle's War
Ohio War
War for the Ohio Country
belligerent British Canada
Great Britain
Northwest Indian Confederacy
United States
cause United States expansion into Native American lands
disputed control of the Northwest Territory
failure to enforce Treaty of Paris 1783 provisions on British withdrawal from forts
commander Anthony Wayne
Arthur St. Clair
Blue Jacket
Buckongahelas
Josiah Harmar
Little Turtle
linked to: Little Turtle's War
concludedBy Jay Treaty
Treaty of Greenville
conflictIn Northwest Territory
linked to: Indian Territory

Ohio Country
Old Northwest
country United States
dateOfBattle Battle of Fallen Timbers, 1794
Harmar's Campaign, 1790
St. Clair's Defeat, 1791
effect large-scale cession of Native American lands in Ohio to the United States
opening of the Northwest Territory to American settlement
weakening of Native American resistance in the Old Northwest
endTime 1795
followedBy Tecumseh's War
follows American Revolutionary War
historicalPeriod Early national period of the United States
involvedOrganization British Indian Department
Northwest Indian Confederacy
United States Army
legalBasis Northwest Ordinance of 1787
linked to: Northwest Ordinance
location Great Lakes region
present-day Illinois
present-day Indiana
present-day Michigan
present-day Ohio
present-day Wisconsin
notableBattle Battle of Fallen Timbers
Battle of the Maumee
Battle of the Miami Towns
Battle of the Ohio Country
Battle of the Wabash
St. Clair's Defeat
opponent Delaware (Lenape)
linked to: Lenape

Kickapoo
Miami tribe
Mingo
linked to: Shawnee

Ojibwe (Chippewa)
linked to: Ojibwe

Ottawa
Potawatomi
Shawnee
Wyandot
opposedBy Confederacy of Native American tribes
partOf American Indian Wars
relatedTo American westward expansion
Proclamation Line of 1763
Treaty of Paris 1783
result British abandonment of direct military support to the confederacy
Native American defeat
United States victory
significantEvent construction of a chain of U.S. forts in the Northwest Territory
creation of the Legion of the United States
startTime 1785
supportedBy British Empire
British traders in the Great Lakes region
treaty Jay Treaty
Treaty of Fort Finney
Treaty of Fort Harmar
Treaty of Fort McIntosh
Treaty of Greenville

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American Revolutionary War followedBy Northwest Indian War
Old Northwest conflict Northwest Indian War
Treaty of St. Louis (1804) follows Northwest Indian War treaties
linked to: Northwest Indian War
Northwest Indian War alsoKnownAs Ohio War
linked to: Northwest Indian War
Northwest Indian War alsoKnownAs War for the Ohio Country
linked to: Northwest Indian War
Anthony Wayne conflict Northwest Indian War
Early Republic of the United States hasPart Native American resistance in the Old Northwest
linked to: Northwest Indian War
Illinois frontier relatedEvent Northwest Indian War
Ohio Country significantEvent Northwest Indian War
William Henry Harrison militaryConflict Northwest Indian War
Ohio Valley region wasKeyTheaterIn Northwest Indian War
John Hardin conflict Northwest Indian War
Northwest Indian Confederacy conflict Northwest Indian War
Arthur St. Clair participatedIn Northwest Indian War
Jay Treaty relatedTo Northwest Indian War
British Canada involvedIn Northwest Indian War
Treaty of Greenville militaryContext Northwest Indian War
Josiah Harmar conflict Northwest Indian War
Treaty of Fort Harmar partOf Northwest Indian War
Treaty of Fort Harmar conflictContext Northwest Indian War
Treaty of Fort Finney precedes Northwest Indian War
Buckongahelas conflict Northwest Indian War
Buckongahelas conflict War for control of the Ohio Country
linked to: Northwest Indian War
Buckongahelas partOf Native American resistance in the Northwest Territory
linked to: Northwest Indian War
Treaty of Fort McIntosh followedBy Northwest Indian War
Treaty of Fort McIntosh category Northwest Indian War prelude
linked to: Northwest Indian War
Little Turtle's War alsoKnownAs Northwest Indian War
Miami tribe participatedIn Northwest Indian War
Blue Jacket conflict Northwest Indian War
Meriwether Lewis participantIn Northwest Indian War
Battle of the Wabash partOf Northwest Indian War
Battle of the Wabash conflict Northwest Indian War
Battle of Fallen Timbers conflictOf Northwest Indian War
Battle of Fallen Timbers partOf Northwest Indian War
Harmar's Campaign, 1790 partOf Northwest Indian War
Harmar's Campaign, 1790 conflict Northwest Indian War
William Clark servedIn Northwest Indian War
George Rogers Clark notableWork Northwest Territory campaigns
linked to: Northwest Indian War
Isaac Shelby participantIn Northwest Indian War
Miami people involvedIn Northwest Indian War
Northwest Territory conflict Northwest Indian War
presidency of George Washington conflict Northwest Indian War
James Wilkinson conflict Northwest Indian War
Kentucky militia conflict Northwest Indian War
Shawnee Nation conflict Northwest Indian War
Lieutenant Governor of Detroit conflictContext Northwest Indian War (aftermath and regional tensions)
linked to: Northwest Indian War
Anglo-American wars hasPart Northwest Indian War (as an Anglo-American frontier conflict)
linked to: Northwest Indian War
Eel River tribe involvedIn Northwest Indian War