MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
BATTLE OF FALLEN TIMBERS
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Question
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The Indians
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The Americans
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The British
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The French
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Native Americans were forced to give up their lands so the colonists could grow even more tobacco. In addition to their desire for land, the English also used religion to justify bloodshed. In 1637, New England Puritans exterminated thousands of Pequot Indians, including women and children.
Detailed explanation-2: -He also condemned prayer offered in company with those who were not sufficiently devout, but perhaps most seriously, Williams declared that the Crown had no right to take the lands of Native Americans without adequately compensating the Indians for the territory.
Detailed explanation-3: -The term ‘Indian’ is a misnomer that was used to describe the native Americans by Christopher Colombus. Colombus set out to discover India but ended up discovering America. He took to calling the native Americans ‘Indians’ due to his mistaken assumption of having reached India.
Detailed explanation-4: -4. What prevented the British from invading America from Canada? The Americans defeated the British at Lake Erie and Lake Champlain in the north, keeping the British from invading America from Canada.