Tecumseh’s Confederacy and resistance Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
Q
Which tribe was Tecumseh a leader of?
A
Shawnee
2
Q
When did Tecumseh try to organise a confederation of tribes to resist the white advance?
A
1811
3
Q
Which treaty in 1809 had sold many of the ancestral lands to white settlers?
A
Treaty of Fort Wayne
4
Q
Who attacked the Shawnee’s main settlement in 1811?
A
Harrison (Governor of the Indian Territory)
5
Q
What was the Shawnee’s main settlement called?
A
Prophetstown
6
Q
Where did Tecumseh flee to?
A
Canada to fight against the Americans in the War of 1812
7
Q
When was Tecumseh killed?
A
Battle of the Thames 1813
8
Q
Tribes from which area of the country had joined Tecumseh’s confederation?
A
North-west
