How Did Tecumseh Influence The Americans

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Tecumseh was a charming Shawnee chief, given birth at Ohio Country 1768. His parents would migrate from the south and Tecumseh followed. Tecumseh's early years were made up of reoccurring savagery with westward moving Americans; his dad and two siblings died in battle with the Americans. In his youth, Tecumseh fought in battle with many white men trying to settle into his tribe’s territory. Indians in his tribe to adapt to the new changes occurring but Tecumseh did not want to make it his habits. He kept the tradition going and even his self-indulgent younger brother, Tenskwatawa preached against inhabitation of white ways. The two brothers were a danger to Thomas Jefferson’s strong administration, they even associated with the British. War between the U.S. and the British and Indian alliance was a tragedy for the Indians, they lost Tecumseh and part of their land, and this was the War of 1812. Tecumseh’s joined confederacy was nothing compared to the confederation of states. The next presidents that followed, James Monroe and John Quincy Adams, …show more content…
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