Tecumseh's War

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Native American resistance war military conflict

Tecumseh's War was an early 19th-century conflict in the Old Northwest in which the Shawnee leader Tecumseh and his Native American confederacy resisted U.S. expansion into their lands.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Tecumseh's Rebellion 1
Tecumseh’s War 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American resistance war ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tecumseh's War ⓘ
surface form: Tecumseh's Rebellion
belligerent British Empire ⓘ
surface form: British Empire (as ally of Tecumseh after 1812)

Kickapoo ⓘ
Lenape ⓘ
Miami ⓘ
Potawatomi ⓘ
Shawnee ⓘ
Northwest Indian Confederacy ⓘ
surface form: Tecumseh's Confederacy

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Wea ⓘ
Wyandot ⓘ
cause Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) ⓘ
U.S. expansion into Native American lands ⓘ
disputed land cessions in the Old Northwest ⓘ
commander Henry Procter ⓘ
Tecumseh ⓘ
Tenskwatawa ⓘ
William Henry Harrison ⓘ
conflictType frontier war ⓘ
endTime 1813 ⓘ
followedBy further Native American dispossession ⓘ
increased U.S. settlement in the Old Northwest ⓘ
goal to form a Native American confederacy to resist U.S. expansion ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Tippecanoe ⓘ
Battle of the Thames ⓘ
Siege of Fort Harrison ⓘ
locatedIn Northwest Territory ⓘ
Old Northwest ⓘ
present-day Illinois ⓘ
present-day Indiana ⓘ
present-day Michigan ⓘ
present-day Ohio ⓘ
notableDeath Tecumseh at the Battle of the Thames ⓘ
opposedBy pan-Indian confederacy ⓘ
partOf United States–Native American wars ⓘ
surface form: American Indian Wars

War of 1812 ⓘ
surface form: War of 1812 theater
primaryTheater Indiana Territory ⓘ
relatedTo American frontier ⓘ
War of 1812 ⓘ
religiousAspect nativist religious revival led by Tenskwatawa ⓘ
result collapse of Native American military resistance in the Old Northwest ⓘ
defeat of Tecumseh's Confederacy ⓘ
strengthening of U.S. control over Northwest Territory ⓘ
significantEvent destruction of Prophetstown ⓘ
startTime circa 1810 ⓘ
temporalContext early 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Tecumseh's War → alsoKnownAs → Tecumseh's War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tecumseh's Rebellion
Presidency of James Madison → conflict → Tecumseh's War ⓘ
Little Turtle's War → followedBy → Tecumseh's War ⓘ
Northwest Indian War → followedBy → Tecumseh's War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tecumseh’s War
Battle of Tippecanoe → partOf → Tecumseh's War ⓘ
Tecumseh → participantIn → Tecumseh's War ⓘ