READ MORE: How 22-Year-Old George Washington Inadvertently Sparked the French and Indian War Early American Indian Wars Two peace treaties forced the Cherokee to give up millions of acres of land to settlers, provoking them to fight for the British in the Revolutionary War, hoping to keep what land they had left.
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In 1759, a series of battles known as the Cherokee Wars began from the valleys of Virginia to North Carolina and southward. Army decisively defeated the Indians and the battle ended with the adoption of the Treaty of Greenville.
The Battle of Fallen Timbers happened on August 20, 1794, along Ohio’s Maumee River between regional Indians (Miami, Shawnee, Lenape) and the United States.
When a British retaliatory assault plan on Pontiac’s village was discovered, the Indians attacked and killed many British soldiers during the Battle of Bloody Run on July 31. During Pontiac's War, the Ottawa Chief Pontiac rallied support among other tribes and laid siege to Britain’s Fort Detroit. In 1763, Pontiac Indians of the Ohio River became incensed upon learning King George III expected them to become British loyalists. Known as the French and Indian War, the struggle ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763. Both sides forged alliances with Indians to help fight their battles.
French and Indian WarĪs France expanded into the Ohio River Valley from 1754 to 1763, it fought with Britain for control of North America. In 1715, Yamasee Indians-frustrated with the loss of their hunting grounds and the high debts they owed white settlers of South Carolina-formed a confederacy with other local tribes and forced many settlers to flee, devastating South Carolina’s economy. After two years of bloody fighting, North Carolina defeated the Indians with the help of the South Carolina militia. The war ended with the Treaty of Utrecht, but the Indians were not included in peace negotiations and lost much of their land.ĭuring the Tuscarora War (1711-1715), Tuscarora Indians burned North Carolina settlements and randomly killed colonists over treaty disputes. Queen Anne’s War of 1702-1713 occurred between French and English colonists and their respective Indian allies on several fronts including Spanish Florida, New England, Newfoundland and Acadia. The war ended with Metacom’s beheading and the decimation of the Native Americans in his coalition. The attacks ignited a series of battles for power along the Connecticut River Valley between Metacom’s warriors and a large colonial militia and their Mohawk allies. King Philip’s War (1675-1676), also known as Metacom’s War, began after bands of Indians led by Wampanoag Chief Metacom (later called King Philip) grew frustrated with their dependence on the Puritans and attacked colonies and militia strongholds throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The fierce fighting started over territory and fur trade dominance around the Great Lakes and ended with the signing of the Great Peace Treaty. The Beaver Wars of 1640-1701 occurred between the French and their Indian allies (Algonquian, Huron) and the powerful Iroquois Confederacy. Some battles were especially violent and gruesome, sending many settlers fleeing back to the Netherlands. The colonists’ Indian allies joined them in battle and helped defeat the Pequot.Ī series of battles took place from 1636 to 1659 between New Netherlands settlers in New York and several Indian tribes (Lenape, Susquehannocks, Algonquians, Esopus). In 1636, the Pequot War over trade expansion broke out between Pequot Indians and English settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Connecticut. Known as the Jamestown Massacre, the bloodbath gave the English government an excuse to justify their efforts to attack Native Americans and confiscate their land. On March 22, 1622, Powhatan Indians attacked and killed colonists in eastern Virginia.
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