HIST-0028 Lecture Notes - Tenskwatawa
Document Summary
Tippecanoe and tenskwatawa too: indian removal and manifest destiny. Status quo between british and americans remains. Does have real impacts in that america is a thing to the british now. Fighting over it caused a lot of bad blood. Americans also accept that canada is a real thing. Changes the relationship between britain and the united states. British will less and less support the natives. Attempts to form a new native empire failed. St. clair- horrible loss for america against natives. Natives over run camp that has not be prepared. 1/4 of the american army in 1791 is defeated. Sometimes the important major campaigns were not agains europeans but agains natives. Encourages slavery, makes sure it"s legal in this territory. Rights to settle the land to white americans. Natives give land that does not actually belong to them to americas, no clear territorial possession. Great deal of frustration among tribes, especially younger men, because of these treaties with natives.
