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    Tecumseh was a Shawnee Native American chief, also known to be a prominent war chief. Tecumseh was born around 1768 south of our present-day Columbus, Ohio. He make an attempt to unify an alliance of all the areas tribes that the “whites” were trying to invade areas. Tecumseh and his supporters joined forces with the British to fight against the United States during the War of 1812. Tecumseh was murder in the Battle of the Thames, which was in Canada. ( http://www.pbs.org, n.d.) Tecumseh joined Mohawk

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    I think Tecumseh was one of the great leaders at the time. He stood up for his people and actually had a great idea. All Native American tribes come together and fight for their right to keep the land. Not only did he start a big rebellion against a stronger nation than they were, he got them to join, and he fought himself in battle, and died for his people.He also had a smart idea to help British in the war, as long as they would help them. An alliance you could say, is what Tecumseh formed with

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    Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa leaders of the American Indian involvement together helped create a powerful organization among native Indians. Tecumseh, a powerful political and military leader is the most recognized of the two, but it was the combining of their knowledge that made them particularly powerful. Tenskwatawa provided a helpful vision to launch a much broader Indian movement, he used traditional native beliefs while combining religion to call for an Indian resistance against the Americans.

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    Published for the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, James Laxer’s Tecumseh & Brock is a unique, if troubled, work of historical scholarship. The book approaches the War of 1812 through the lens of two key leaders: British general Sir Isaac Brock and leader of his allied native confederacy, Tecumseh. Laxer argues that Britain avoided defeat in Canada by forming an alliance with Tecumseh’s native confederacy, since they shared the common enemy of the United States. Gathering this intuitively from

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    Have you heard of Tecumseh? He was a Shawnee Native American Chief. He was born in 1768 near present day Columbus, Ohio. His father was Puckeshimwa, was a minor war chief. He was killed in the Battle of Port, during the French and Indian war. Tecumseh's mother left his older sister Tecumpease to raise him. During Tecumseh's teen years he joined a group of Native Americans led by Mohawk chief Joseph Brant. Joseph Bryant wanted to hold all of their resources and fight off the white settlers. While

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    Even though I was left to wonder what the Native Americans felt about the production of Tecumseh, the re-enactment of the Native American Shawnee tribe was very forward thinking and not just a theatrical. From the start of having dinner in a family style setting with several others, whom we did not know, to meeting the cast at the end, invoked the feeling of unity. Tecumseh is a great example of bringing different cultures for the common good of all people. The support of locals to preserve history

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    Tecumseh believed that all the Native tribes ought to unite as it would give them a better chance of fighting against the invaders. At this time, the Euro-Americans had settled in different parts of the country and they were slowly encroaching into Native territories, hence they posed a threat to their way of life and the peace that existed. Tecumseh had influential reach over the native tribes owing to his position, and he believed that it was important for the native tribes to fight for what was

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    Tecumseh ,Shawnee war chief, was born at Old Piqua, on the Mad River in western Ohio. In 1774, his father, Puckeshinwa, was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant, and in 1779 his mother, Methoataske, accompanied those Shawnees who migrated to Missouri, later died. Raised by an older sister, Tecumpease, Tecumseh would play war games with other fellow youths in his tribe. Tecumseh accompanied an older brother, Chiksika, on a series of raids against frontier settlements in Kentucky and Tennessee in

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    Tecumseh’s exigence is that his brother is selling the Native American’s land to the Americans. His purpose is to save his land and to convince his brother that selling their land will only cause more battles among the different tribes. Chiefs Seattle and Tecumseh both use figurative language out of anger and persuasive appeals

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    Johnathon Treon Mr. Bradley A.P United States 25th January, 2015 General William Tecumseh Sherman: War Hero or Criminal? Throughout the entirety of United States history, no conflict form the Revolution to Vietnam, was more deadly in terms of American lives lost, then the Civil War. Fought over the very principles of states’ rights, exclusively in the form of slavery, this conflict would cost over 600,000 lives and the devastation of the southern landscape and economy for many years to come.1 Under

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