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Final battle between Native Americans and Westerners for control of Northwest Territory. |
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| Treaty that ended the war between the Native Americans and Westerners. Signed on Aug. 3, 1795. Followed the N. Americans' loss at Battle of Fallen Timbers. |
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| Journey undertaken by a group of people with an objective. |
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| Mountain ridge that separates river systems flowing toward opposite sides of a continent. |
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| A reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies or defends. |
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| A gift of property, especially personal property, as money, by will. |
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| U.S. general and explorer. Led the Pike Expedition to explore and document the southern portion of the Louisiana Purchase. |
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| American Indian chief of the Shawnee tribe and part of a large tribal confederacy. He opposed the United States in the Battle of Tippecanoe. |
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| Fought on November 7, 1811 between United States led by Governor William Henry Harrison. and the American Indian confederation led by Tecumseh's younger brother, Tenskwatawa. United States won. |
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| Also known as the Transcontinental Treaty or the Purchase of Florida. Treaty between U.S. and Spain that gave U.S. Florida in 1819. |
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