THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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Tecumseh
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Chief Big Bird
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Chief Wannahockaloogie
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Chief Pontiac
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Detailed explanation-1: -Tecumseh (English: /tɪˈkʌmsə, -si/ tih-KUM-sə, -see; c. 1768 – October 5, 1813) was a Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands. A persuasive orator, Tecumseh traveled widely, forming a Native American confederacy and promoting intertribal unity.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tecumseh was a Shawnee warrior chief who organized a Native American confederacy in an effort to create an autonomous Indian state and stop white settlement in the Northwest Territory (modern-day Great Lakes region).
Detailed explanation-3: -During the War of 1812, a combined British and Native American force is defeated by General William Harrison’s American army at the Battle of the Thames in Ontario, Canada.
Detailed explanation-4: -Beginning in 1808, the Shawnee leader Tecumseh travelled throughout the United States gathering supporters and allies to form a native confederacy that could resist westward expansion by white settlers.