THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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It caused Tenskwatawa to side with the Americans
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Tecumseh was an ally of the British, and when he died they lost a valuable ally.
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Tecumseh was an enemy of the French
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Tecumseh had a long history of beating the Americans in battle.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Tecumseh, angered by U.S. expansion, led a multi-tribal army which allied itself with the British against the United States. Yet with Tecumseh’s death at the Battle of the Thames near our Canadian border, the Indian alliance fell apart and forced a British retreat which effectively ended the War of 1812.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why was the death of Tecumseh a setback for the British in the War of 1812? Tecumseh was an ally of the British, and when he died they lost a valuable ally.
Detailed explanation-3: -Tecumseh was leader of the First Nations confederacy that was formed to resist American intrusion on Indigenous land in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. When the War of 1812 broke out between the United States and Britain, Tecumseh and the confederacy allied with the British.
Detailed explanation-4: -Raised by his eldest brother, Tecumseh became a warrior and allied with the British in the American War for Independence.