JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
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Question
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“We do not wish to accept of your invitation to go and visit the President.”
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“You are continually driving the red people when at last you will drive them into the great Lake where they can’t eat or stand or work.”
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“Our object is to let all our affairs be transacted by warriors.”
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“The reason I tell you this is-you want by your distinctions of Indian tribes in allotting to each a particular track of land to make them to war with each other.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -Battle of Tippecanoe, (November 7, 1811), victory of a seasoned U.S. expeditionary force under Major General William Henry Harrison over Shawnee Indians led by Tecumseh’s brother Laulewasikau (Tenskwatawa), known as the Prophet.
Detailed explanation-2: -The defeat at Tippecanoe prompted Tecumseh to ally his remaining forces with Great Britain during the War of 1812, where they would play an integral role in the British military success in the Great Lakes region in the coming years.
Detailed explanation-3: -Battle Overview Fought primarily over white expansion into Indian territory, the battle lasted approximately one day with the United States securing victory. The conflict at Tippecanoe was the primary catalyst for the War of 1812 between Britain and the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -If we all unite, we will cause the rivers to stain the great waters with their blood. Brothers, -If you do not unite with us, they will first destroy us, and then you will fall an easy prey to them. They have destroyed many nations of red men because they were not united, because they were not friends to each other.