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09/15/2011

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Battle of fallen Timbers
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A war between native americans and the us. Native americans ceded most of their land after this.
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treaty of greenville
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treaty that made Native americans cede most of their land in the ohio area.
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expedition
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a journey or voyage
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continental divide
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is the place on a continent that separates river systems flowing in opposite directions
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justification
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showing that an act is reasonable or necessary.
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legacy
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an amount of property or money left to someone in a will
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zebulon pike
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an explorer that explored the southern part of Louisiana got arrested by spainish
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tecumseh
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Native american leader of the Shawnee
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battle of Tippecanoe
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The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought on November 7, 1811, between United States forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and forces of Tecumseh's growing American Indian confederation led by his younger brother Tenskwatawa.
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adams-onis treaty
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The Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819,[1] also known as the Transcontinental Treaty or the Purchase of Florida[2] was a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that gave Florida to the U.S. and set out a boundary between the U.S. and New Spain (now Mexico).
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