American Revolution, Native Americans
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When studying the American Revolutionary war include perspectives from all those involved including the Native Americans who had lived on the continent for thousands of years. During the war many Native Americans fought alongside the British while others fought on the Patriot side. Help students understand history from a variety of different perspectives, especially those that have been historically left out and marginalized.
Öykü Penceresi Metni
- NATIVE AMERICANS
- TRYING TO REMAIN NEUTRAL
- THE BRITISH
- Mohawk leaders Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea)and his sister Molly Brant (Degonwadonti)used their great influence to convince the Iroquois Confederacy to support the British and provided valuable aid.
- THE AMERICANS
- Spanish Louisiana
- THE AFTERMATH
- British North America
- Treaty of Paris1783The United States of America retains the land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River.
- The British received word that there were weapons and ammunition being held by colonial militia forces in Concord. They decided to march on Concord in the hopes of capturing John Hancock and Samuel Adams, now rebels.
- The British marched on Concord and Lexington with a force of 700, leaving Boston under the leadership of General John Pitcairn. They arrived at Lexington and Concord on the morning of April 19th, 1775 to find opposing colonial forces.
- The Oneida and Tuscarora broke with the Iroquois Confederacy, endingthe centuries old Great Peace of the Haudenosaunee,and supported the Americans along with the Stockbridge, helping scout and conduct raids. ChiefGuyashuta of the Ohio Senecas, Chief Cornstalk of the Shawnees, and Chief White Eyes of the Delawares tried to maintain peace, but switched allegiances after American soldiers killed Cornstalk and White Eyes and slaughtered a village of peaceful Moravian Delawares without cause.
- In 1783, the British surrendered the 13 colonies as well as the land west of the Mississippi River. Some Native Americans that aided the British fled to Canada while others remained and continued to fight to regain relations with the Americans and retain their land.Stockbridges and Oneidas who had supported the Americans lost lands, as well as Senecas and Shawnees who had fought against them.The newUnited States continued to expand, taking Native American lands by treaty and by force.
- Spanish Florida
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