Great Americans

The War of 1812 has been called the "forgotten war," and it's place in American history is ongoing changes as its bicentenni...

I. Tecumseh's Death and His Mythologizing A. Death's Blessings--in many ways, the death of Tecumseh helped solidify his standing...

The first written assignment asked you to define "great." Has what you learned in this class caused you to revisit that definition...

The assigned readings for this course, particularly R. David Edmunds The Shawnee Prophet and John Sugden's Tecumseh: A Life were the o...

Primary sources are the life's blood of history, but can often mislead as much as enlighten the study of events. This phenomenon we have...

I. Reasons for the War A. The War Hawks--a relatively small group of Congressmen--all of them too young to have participated in the War ...

I. American Victory? A. Harrison Defending His Decisions--With the Native American reaction to what they perceived to be an unprovoked att...