The Battle of Tippecanoe made Harrison famous.
Battle of Tippecanoe
the british and their Indian allies.
William H. Harrison, Hugh L. White, and Daniel Webster in 1836. William Henry Harrison in 1840.
Tecumseh attempted to unite all of the tribes East of the Mississippi, to end their petty squabbles, and ally against the common enemy: Anglo-Saxon settlers. He only partially succeeded, and met with military defeat at he hands of William Henry Harrison.
General William Harrison defeated the British and Indians at the Thames River during the War of 1812
The War Hawks intended on invading Canada and making it part of the U.S. To help defend Canada, the British were depending upon a confederacy of Indian tribes led by Shawnee chief, Tecumseh. But before the war actually started, Tecumseh's force was destroyed by William Henry Harrison, November, 1811. This defeat at the Battle of Tippecanoe, while Tecumseh was absent, doomed the Indian force from being any help to the British during the war. At the Battle of New Orleans, Andrew Jackson had the help of many Choctaw Indians to help him defeat the British.
The War Hawks intended on invading Canada and making it part of the U.S. To help defend Canada, the British were depending upon a confederacy of Indian tribes led by Shawnee chief, Tecumseh. But before the war actually started, Tecumseh's force was destroyed by William Henry Harrison, November, 1811. This defeat at the Battle of Tippecanoe, while Tecumseh was absent, doomed the Indian force from being any help to the British during the war. At the Battle of New Orleans, Andrew Jackson had the help of many Choctaw Indians to help him defeat the British.
Sherman's March to the Sea shortened the war by at least six months, at almost nil casualties.
The United States presidential election of 1840 resulted in defeat for Democrat Martin Van Buren, and a win for William H. Harrison for the Whig Party. Harrison died about a month after his inauguration.
George Mahoney
This event occurred at Tippecanoe Creek in Indiana.
He was important because he helped us defeat the British after trying to kill us because we where taking he land he and his Indians lived on. Tecumseh was on the British side and was known as a fierce enemy by the Americans.
George Bush defeated Ann Richards for governor of Texas.