THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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the Creeks and other midwestern tribes would be forced off their land permanently.
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the Creeks defeated Andrew Jacksons forces and reclaimed their land.
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it ended the War of 1812.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Battle of Horseshoe Bend, fought on March 27, 1814 effectively ended Creek resistance to American advances into the southeast, opening up the Mississippi Territory for pioneer settlement.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Creek War was a part of the larger War of 1812 fought between a faction of the Creek tribe and US forces in 1813–14. It resulted in the defeat of the Creek nation and paved the way for the division of the Mississippi Territory into the states of Mississippi and Alabama.
Detailed explanation-3: -Creek War, (1813–14), war that resulted in U.S. victory over Creek Indians, who were British allies during the War of 1812, resulting in vast cession of their lands in Alabama and Georgia.
Detailed explanation-4: -Between six and five million years ago, the region began to be uplifted. This trapped the Colorado River in its bed, and the river rapidly cut downwards to produce Horseshoe Bend as we see it today.