Homework https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eKft8CB6AM
0:00- 21:00
- Describe the historical circumstances and events that impacted Tecumseh’s childhood.
- Major event right after his birth:
- What side did the Shawnee take and why?
- Outcome for Shawnee and interior tribes:
- How did the interior tribes respond to this outcome and flood of settlement?
- The Factory System– What was it and what did President Thomas Jefferson hope it would achieve?
- Describe the impact that war and dispossession had on interior tribes such as the Shawnee and families such as the one to which Tecumseh belonged.
25:00 ish–
- After having a near-death experience and spiritual awakening, Tecumseh’s brother (Tenskwatawa) emerged with what sort of vision/message?
- How did Tecumseh capitalize on the arrival of large numbers of young men to hear his brother speak? What did Tecumseh build?
39:00ish— 103:00
- Prophetstown- What was it and why was it a problem for William Henry Harrison?
- What did Tecumseh seek to create?
- What was Harrison’s impression of Tecumseh upon meeting him?
- The Battle of Tippecanoe- although Harrison lost more soldiers, what did he achieve in terms of undermining what Tecumseh was trying to build?