The final perspective is held by the Native Americans. The War of 1812 was an important conflict for the native inhabitants of North America. During the years before the war, the United States wanted to expand its territories. This fueled the invasion of native homelands throughout the territories. The Native leaders who emerged in response to this expansion shared a concern of protecting tribal lands. There were some Indians who sided with the Americans, but most Indians nations sided with the British. They believed that a British victory might mean an end to the expansion. In all, more than two dozen native nations participated in the war. The attempt to form some type of coalition among the Nations became an urgent political necessity in
More notably, Tecumseh, a chief, argued that the alternative to Indian resistance was extermination. Reports that the British were encouraging this behavior contributed to the start of the war. Another reason the war was commenced, was the impressment of American sailors and the seizure of American
Multiple factors led to the start of the French and Indian War. A power struggle was already occurring, and Britain and France were already enemies. Colonists were aligned with their respective countries, and Native Americans were caught in the middle of European expansion. Natives were more apt to be allied with the French due to their trading economy, but both sides had Native American allies depending on the circumstances. 1 “To safeguard their lands west of the mountains, Native Americans played off one European power against another.”
After the recent readings for Zinn’s book, I began to do some research on the Indians helping the British during the Revolutionary War. I Google “Roles of Indians during the Revolutionary War,” and I sound a very interesting site that backed up Zinn’s statement. Many of the Indians, especially the Shawnee, Creeks and the powerful Cherokee and Iroquois helped the British in the American Revolution. The British promised Indians more than their freedom, they also promised to stop settlement on their land. However, there are some Indians that fought for America as well, those tribes were most involved with people who would become Americans.
The Indians were ready to resume trade. The French had not joined the British as the American Indians had hoped. The outcome of the French and Indian War affected all three powers. The American Indians were faced with British rulers who were not going to stop the flow of settlers into the Ohio River Valley and other native lands. The Ohio River Valley Indians eventually loss their land.
Chris montenegro U.S History Mr. Flynn Monday december 19, 2016 What role did Native Americans play In the Civil War? Native americans had a very important role to the U.S during the civil war. During the Civil War, many Native Americans got split up in choosing either the Union or Confederacy, this Became very important because leading up to the civil war the Union and Confederacy started to realize that Native Americans actually did have a very big impact on the way the war would turn out. The Native Americans created separate armies and took part in a lot of the battles. The war not only affected both of the political sides but also had a great impact on the native americans themselves.
Maddie Wilkie Mr. Colin Mangold US History 8 December 2917 Native Americans Versus US Military The United States Military and the Native American tribes were at a constant battle during the 1870’s to the 1890’s. Throughout the conflicts of the US Military and the Native American Indians there was a series of fights and battles. The main issue of conflict was the control of the land due to the United States settlers and miners trying to expand westward into the Great Plains. The Plains Wars still today leads to a dispute due to the amount of combatant deaths during the wars. WHY THE NATIVE AMERICANS WERE PUSHED
The war of 1812 is one to remember. The war happened between the British and the Americans. This happened because the British stopped trade with the Americans due to a war between the British and the French. Another reason was because of the impressment that the British started against the American sailors. For these reasons, the war of 1812 happened.
Overtime the tribes learned that the only way to prolong their survival was to put aside all differences and fight together. Before the Europeans arrived, Native American wars would not yield large casualties or were impacted by any outside diseases. Deaths were under a “normal” stature and never at a point where a majority of a population was killed. The Native Americans had limits and would not wipe out an entire nation. They may take them as captive or slaves, even the other men.
The Indians coped with the increasing settlers of whites during the eighteenth century by joining forces with the French and British in the beginning. The Indians had fought on both sides of the seven years’ war; mainly as allies of the French. The French main reasons for doing so was to maintain their independence from both empires (French and British). The Indians had hoped to remain natural in the situation in hopes of maintaining their own liberty. Indians considered themselves to be free people and were not subjected to uphold the law.
One of the main causes of the War of 1812 was the violations of shipping rights by the British. British fleets started harassing American ships and taking British American citizen’s prisoners to fill their own naval vessels. In an attempt to help rectify restrictions of the embargo that had been originally set by Thomas Jefferson when he was president between Britain and France; President Madison spoke with Napoleon and he said that he would remove his decrees if the British did as well. The British refused and President Madison was left without a choice and asked Congress to declare war on Britain. During this time Britain was also encouraging the Native American Indians to cause conflicts with American settlers.
They thought it was the only way to keep their land, especially after the British promised they could keep it. In the Proclamation of 1763, Native Americans were granted all the land west of the Appalachian mountains by the English. That being said, their involvement in the
Brandon King History 1301 HW 2 8 AM What were the causes and results of the War of 1812? The war of 1812 was yet another war that the United States got caught up with. There were several reasons as to what caused this war to begin. Let 's go back to the year of 1806 when France declared it to be illegal for “all neutral trade with Great Britain”
Unlike the blacks, that were better off after the war; the Native Americans, in most cases, were worse off after the war(Gaksu, 2015). The majority of Native Americans fought on the side of the British because it was widely believed that they would win the war and the British promised the native Americans their own land after the victory. At the end of the war, even though the Native Americans fought in the war, they were not invited to the talks and therefore had no influence as to how the land was divided. The tribes were decimated during the war, due to battle and illness, and now they had no land to call their
What also triggered war was weakening relations with the Indians in the West. While the government tried to remove them from their lands to make room for settlers, they tried to civilize the Indians the best they could. The Indians that were acquired through the Louisiana Purchase were now significantly outnumbered by white settlers, and some tribes began to take on white ways of life, such as slavery and agriculture. Other Indians, called nativists, wanted to completely exterminate European influences and defy the settlement of their lands. The vote to declare war on Britain in 1812 reflected a divided nation between North and South.
The reliance gave the warriors a reason for demand, and in return, the Natives wanted the British to keep a substantial army on the Niagara Peninsula, a dangerously exposed position if the Americans gain naval control of the lake. British officer Edward Baynes explained that a withdrawal “would have lost us all our wavering friends and would have proved destructive to our Indian alliance.” British officers making decisions to keep the Native Alliance together was perhaps not the best military tactic for the war at that time. This is where conflicting war aims prevented the alliance from operating smoothly. The British were stretched to the limits at home dealing with the Napoleon War and were now being forced to use their already few resources to protect an alliance they needed in order to defend Canada had caused great tension and strain between the Native-British