History of the United States I / Unit 8 USH1 1101 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Tippecanoe
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The idea
William Henry Harrison, governor of Indiana Territory, attacked Prophetstown in eighteen eleven and destroyed the settlement.
In practice
Ample evidence found there that the British had supplied the Western Confederacy with weapons.
Where people slip
That evidence becomes a cause of war, and Harrison's name becomes a campaign slogan in Unit 10.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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