Creek War of 1836

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Native American–United States conflict conflict war

The Creek War of 1836 was a conflict in Alabama and Georgia in which U.S. forces suppressed Creek resistance, leading to the forced removal of the Creek people along the Trail of Tears.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Creek War 1
Creek War of 1836 canonical 1
Creek Wars 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American–United States conflict ⓘ
conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Second Creek War ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Alabama ⓘ
surface form: State of Alabama

U.S. state of Georgia ⓘ
surface form: State of Georgia
belligerent Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
surface form: Muscogee (Creek) people

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
conflictType Indian removal conflict ⓘ
frontier war ⓘ
consequence expansion of cotton agriculture in former Creek lands ⓘ
further weakening of Creek political autonomy ⓘ
relocation of Creek people to Indian Territory ⓘ
countryInvolved United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endTime 1837 ⓘ
followedBy continued Creek removal operations ⓘ
hasCause U.S. expansion into Creek lands ⓘ
enforcement of Indian Removal policies ⓘ
land disputes between Creek people and white settlers ⓘ
violations of earlier treaties with the Creek Nation ⓘ
hasEffect demographic transformation of Alabama and Georgia ⓘ
further marginalization of Native nations in the Southeast ⓘ
opening of Creek lands to white settlement ⓘ
historicalPeriod Antebellum period ⓘ
surface form: Antebellum period in the United States
involvesEthnicGroup Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
surface form: Muscogee (Creek)

white American settlers ⓘ
location Alabama ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern United States
opponent Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation

United States Army ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Army

state militias ⓘ
partOf United States–Native American wars ⓘ
surface form: Indian Wars

United States–Native American wars ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Indian removal conflicts
relatedTo Andrew Jackson-era Indian policy ⓘ
Creek War of 1836 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: First Creek War

Indian Removal policy of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Indian Removal Act of 1830

Seminole Wars ⓘ
Trail of Tears ⓘ
result Creek removal along the Trail of Tears ⓘ
U.S. victory ⓘ
forced removal of Creek people ⓘ
large-scale Creek dispossession of land ⓘ
suppression of Creek resistance ⓘ
startTime 1836 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian Removal policy of the United States → keyEvent → Creek War of 1836 ⓘ
United States–Native American wars → notableSubconflict → Creek War of 1836 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Creek War
Creek War of 1836 → relatedTo → Creek War of 1836 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Creek War
Second Creek War → partOf → Creek War of 1836 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Creek Wars