Tecumseh's War
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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.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tecumseh's War canonical | 14 |
| Tecumseh’s War | 4 |
| Ohio Indian Wars | 1 |
| Tecumseh's Rebellion | 1 |
| Tecumseh's resistance movement | 1 |
| Tecumseh’s Confederacy (as allied but with conflicting strategies) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T367959 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Tecumseh's War Context triple: [United States–Native American wars, notableSubconflict, Tecumseh's War]
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Northwest Indian War
The Northwest Indian War was a late 18th-century conflict in the Old Northwest between a confederation of Native American tribes, supported at times by the British, and the United States over control of the region following American independence.
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B.
Black Hawk War
The Black Hawk War was an 1832 conflict between the United States and a coalition of Native American tribes led by the Sauk leader Black Hawk, notable for involving future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in his early military service.
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Winnebago War
The Winnebago War was a brief 1827 conflict between the United States and the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) people in the Upper Mississippi region, sparked by tensions over land cessions and American expansion.
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D.
Creek War of 1836
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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E.
Pequot War
The Pequot War was a brutal 1636–1638 conflict in New England between the Pequot tribe and English colonists (and their Native allies) that led to the near-destruction of the Pequot people and set a precedent for English–Native relations in colonial America.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Tecumseh's War Target entity description: 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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A.
Northwest Indian War
The Northwest Indian War was a late 18th-century conflict in the Old Northwest between a confederation of Native American tribes, supported at times by the British, and the United States over control of the region following American independence.
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B.
Black Hawk War
The Black Hawk War was an 1832 conflict between the United States and a coalition of Native American tribes led by the Sauk leader Black Hawk, notable for involving future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in his early military service.
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C.
Winnebago War
The Winnebago War was a brief 1827 conflict between the United States and the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) people in the Upper Mississippi region, sparked by tensions over land cessions and American expansion.
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D.
Creek War of 1836
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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E.
Pequot War
The Pequot War was a brutal 1636–1638 conflict in New England between the Pequot tribe and English colonists (and their Native allies) that led to the near-destruction of the Pequot people and set a precedent for English–Native relations in colonial America.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
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defeat of Tecumseh's Confederacy ⓘ strengthening of U.S. control over Northwest Territory ⓘ |
| significantEvent | destruction of Prophetstown ⓘ |
| startTime | circa 1810 ⓘ |
| temporalContext | early 19th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Tecumseh's War Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (22)
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