Great Americans

The War of 1812

Students of history often struggle to figure out not only why events happened, but also what exactly took place. This has certainly been the...

I. Growing White Dissent A. Harrison's Continuing Political Problems--the anger the 1809 Ft. Wayne Treaty caused among Native American...

The documents presented in class during last week concentrated on the reasons for conflict between whites and Native Americans. After readin...

I. Tenskwatawa, Tecumseh, and Traditional Shawnee Roles A. War chiefs and diplomacy--in traditional Shawnee culture--as in many other trad...

This week's lectures revolved around the idea of adaptability in the face of change. Citing at least to examples from the source materia...

The year 1809 started badly of William Henry Harrison. The western region of the Territory of Indiana, tired of Harrison's high-handedne...