Second Creek War

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The Second Creek War was an 1836 conflict in Alabama and Georgia between the United States and the Creek (Muscogee) people, arising from tensions over land cessions and forced removal.

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Second Creek Uprising 1
Second Creek War canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century war
conflict
war
affectedPopulation Creek (Muscogee) Nation
surface form: Creek Nation
alsoKnownAs Second Creek War
surface form: Second Creek Uprising
belligerent Creek warriors
United States Army
state militia forces
conflictBetween Hitchiti people
surface form: Creek people

Creek (Muscogee) Nation
surface form: Muscogee

United States of America
surface form: United States
conflictType Indian War
country United States of America
surface form: United States
endDate 1837
ethnicGroupInvolved Creek (Muscogee) Nation
surface form: Muscogee (Creek)
followedBy continued Creek removal to Indian Territory
hasParticipant Creek leaders
United States federal law enforcement
surface form: U.S. federal authorities

Alabama
surface form: state of Alabama

U.S. state of Georgia
surface form: state of Georgia
historicalPeriod Antebellum period
surface form: Antebellum period in the United States
location Alabama
Georgia
United States of America
surface form: United States
mainCause forced removal of Creek people
tensions over land cessions
partOf United States–Native American wars
surface form: American Indian Wars

Creek War of 1836
surface form: Creek Wars

westward expansion of the United States
precededBy earlier Creek land cession disputes
primaryTheater Southern United States
surface form: southeastern United States
relatedTo Creek War (1813–1814)
surface form: Creek War of 1813–1814

First Creek War
result defeat of the Creek people
forced removal of many Creek to Indian Territory
further loss of Creek lands in Alabama and Georgia
startDate 1836
topic Native American history of Alabama
Native American history of Georgia
U.S. Indian removal policy
underlyingIssue enforcement of land-cession treaties
expansion of white settlement into Creek lands

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Creek War of 1836 alsoKnownAs Second Creek War
Second Creek War alsoKnownAs Second Creek War
this entity surface form: Second Creek Uprising