our destiny. Leaders such as Martin Luther Kink Jr.‚ Mahatma Gandhi‚ and even various prophets. Their contributions to our history place them in this unique position. Each of them has their own stories‚ dreams‚ views‚ beliefs and goals in life; and yet they are also similar in a vast amount of ways. My objective here is to compare and contrast these leaders as well as discussing the connection to modern day prophets if any. In order for Mahatma Gandhi to reach his ultimate goal‚ he had to prove worthy
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Quest for Indian Leadership Tecumseh and the Quest for Indian Leadership allows the reader to gain the perspective of Native Americans in particular the Shawnee Indians during a time period in American history. This book takes place before the Revolution‚ and to the War of 1812. The story starts off by introducing you to a warrior of the Shawnee nation by the name of Cornstalk; he was a well respected man by his people. Cornstalk in his heart knew that one day he would have to battle the Virginians
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outside of present-day Xenia‚ Ohio. His father‚ Pucksinwah‚ was a Shawnee war chief who was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774. Tecumseh was born into the Shawnee Indian tribe‚ which was located originally in Southern Ohio‚ West Virginia‚ and Western Pennsylvania‚ but is now scattered in South Carolina‚ Tennessee’s Cumberland Basin‚ Eastern Pennsylvania and Southern Illinois. When Tecumseh was but a mere child‚ the Shawnee Indian tribe was displaced by encroaching white settlers and many
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outside of present-day Xenia‚ Ohio. His father‚ Pucksinwah‚ was a Shawnee war chief who was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774. Tecumseh was born into the Shawnee Indian tribe‚ which was located originally in Southern Ohio‚ West Virginia‚ and Western Pennsylvania‚ but is now scattered in South Carolina‚ Tennessee’s Cumberland Basin‚ Eastern Pennsylvania and Southern Illinois. When Tecumseh was but a mere child‚ the Shawnee Indian tribe was displaced by encroaching white settlers and many
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Tecumseh ‚Shawnee war chief‚ was born at Old Piqua‚ on the Mad River in western Ohio. In 1774‚ his father‚ Puckeshinwa‚ was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant‚ and in 1779 his mother‚ Methoataske‚ accompanied those Shawnees who migrated to Missouri‚ later died. Raised by an older sister‚ Tecumpease‚ Tecumseh would play war games with other fellow youths in his tribe. Tecumseh accompanied an older brother‚ Chiksika‚ on a series of raids against frontier settlements in Kentucky and Tennessee in
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from 1768 to 1813. His father was Shawnee and his mother was Creek. He was raised among the Shawnees of Ohio. Tecumseh was very young at the time of his father’s death‚ so he was raised by his mother‚ brothers‚ and sisters. His mother taught him to hate the Americans and never let him forget that they had killed his father. His oldest brother Chiksika taught him to be a warrior‚ and his sister told him to have respect for his elders and to respect all people. A Shawnee chief by the name of Blackfish
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land and their culture. Tecumseh‚ the chief of the Shawnee Indians‚ was born on Mad River in 1768. As a child he saw his fellow people suffer because the white men. To oppose American settlement‚ Tecumseh worked to unite other Indian tribes and join them together to create a confederacy. In this way‚ they could work as a large and powerful group instead of smaller weaker groups. Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa‚ a religious leader called the Prophet‚ formed a village‚ later then called Prophet’s
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nation-states‚ technology‚ and industry. These challenges came in many forms: rebellions‚ radical political ideas‚ and charismatic leaders. While powerful forces reconfigured the world as a place for capitalism‚ colonialism‚ and nation-states‚ so too did prophets‚ charismatic leaders‚ radicals‚ peasant rebels‚ and anticolonial insurgents arise to offer alternatives. Reflecting local circumstances and traditions‚ the struggles of these men and women for a different future opened up spaces for the ideas and
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from the cooking fire with his bare hands. Battle of Tippecanoe (1811) Main facts: Shawnee leader Tecumseh forms an alliance of Indian nations against the U.S. British supply them with weapons. U.S. army under Harrison defeats the Indians. Tecumseh was 12 years old‚ playing whites vs. Indians in the woods‚ when a party of whites wiped out his village & killed his father. He was adopted by the Shawnee chief. Tecumseh met with Harrison before the battle to discuss a land treaty. T. pushed
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APUSH Chapter 11 Key Terms “revolution of 1800”: The transfer of power from Federalists to Democratic Republicans. The transfer was so peaceful and it was going to back to the spirit of the revolution of 1776. By restoring original American ideas. 2. Thomas Jefferson: 3. Midnight judges: Judges that came to Adam’s right before he his term was over. So they were all to sign the federalist papers. Which were all later revoked by the new congress under Jefferson. 4. John Marshall: Chief
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