MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
BATTLE OF FALLEN TIMBERS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Blue Jacket and the Indians
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Wayne’s American army
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -At the battle, near present-day Toledo, Ohio, General Anthony Wayne (1745-96) led U.S. troops to victory over a confederation of Indian warriors whose leaders included Chief Blue Jacket of the Shawnees and Chief Little Turtle of the Miamis.
Detailed explanation-2: -General ‘Mad’ Anthony Wayne was the commander of the legion of the United States at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. He was born in Pennsylvania on January 1, 1745. After growing up in Waynesborough, Pennsylvania Anthony Wayne was commissioned a colonel and assisted General Benedict Arnold in his retreat from Quebec.
Detailed explanation-3: -At the Battle of Fallen Timbers in August 1794, near present day Toledo, Ohio, Wayne and his combined force of regulars and mounted Kentucky militia, routed the Indians and largely eliminated the Indian threat in the Northwest Territory.
Detailed explanation-4: -The battle took place amid trees toppled by a tornado near the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio at the site of the present-day city of Maumee, Ohio.