Tecumseh's Confederation

Question 1

when was the Tecumseh Confederation

Answer 1

1805-1813

Question 2

who was Tecumseh

Answer 2

shawnee leader

Question 3

who were Tecumseh’s parents

Answer 3

mother was a creek, father was a shawnee

Question 4

what did Tecumseh say the native Americans weakness was

Answer 4

disunity

Question 5

what did he try and form

Answer 5

a confederacy to discourage assimilation, pro active in fighting US forces in the 1790s

Question 6

what did he refuse to sign

Answer 6

the treaties of Grenville which gave away most of Native American lands in Ohio to the US Government

Question 7

what did native Americans believe about land

Answer 7

didnt belong to anyone so couldn’t be signed

Question 8

was he well respected

Answer 8

yes by US and British

Question 9

did he have any success

Answer 9

some success in uniting Northern Tribes

he travelled South to meet 5 civilised tribes

Question 10

what happened when he was travelling South

Answer 10

William Harrison - Govenor of Mississippi territory attacked Prophetstown - Shawnee main settlement

Question 11

how did the prophet retaliate

Answer 11

by attacking William Harrisons camp

Question 12

how did William Harrison retaliate

Answer 12

attacked with 1000 men destroying winter food sources in 1811

Question 13

what did Tecumseh do

Answer 13

fled to canada and fought with the British in the war of 1812 and died in 1813

Question 14

who was his brother

Answer 14

prophet Tenskwatawa

Question 15

what did his brother preaches

Answer 15

the rejection of white customs and goods

Question 16

how did Tecumseh transform his brothers ideas

Answer 16

into a political campaign/confederation

Question 17

what was the aim of the confederation

Answer 17

to resist white advances and defend ancestral lands after the Treaty of Fort Wayne an 1809 agreement requiring Indian tribes to sell 3 million acres of lands to the US Governments