https://padlet.com/brandonwatts10000/wf9ms2dns801 The creek war was a regional war fought between opposing creek groups, European empires, and the United States. en-us 2017-04-28 15:46:08 UTC 2025-10-31 18:55:55 UTC hello@padlet.com brandonwatts10000 https://padlet.com/brandonwatts10000/wf9ms2dns801/wish/168915183 The Creek War, also known as the Red Stick War and the Creek Civil War, was a regional war between opposing Creek factions, European empires, and the United States, taking place largely in today's Alabama and along the Gulf Coast.]]> 2017-04-28 15:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonwatts10000/wf9ms2dns801/wish/168915183 brandonwatts10000 https://padlet.com/brandonwatts10000/wf9ms2dns801/wish/168916629 known to his Creek enemies as “Mad Dog Jackson” or “Old Mad Jackson.” After the Fort Mims attack, he railed against the “horrid butcheries” committed there, and called for a “spirit of revenge.” Jackson’s desire for revenge never softened. He drove himself and his volunteers hard, and exacted enormous punishment from the Creeks (friend and foe) when he finally won the war. Jackson’s reputation as a war hero began with the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and continued to grow. With the successful completion of the Creek War, Jackson was promoted to Major General in the United States Army for the duration of the War of 1812. He soundly defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans. The American victory in the War of 1812 dashed any lingering British hopes of dominating the continent, and accelerated the westward movement of the American frontier.]]> 2017-04-28 15:59:00 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonwatts10000/wf9ms2dns801/wish/168916629 brandonwatts10000 https://padlet.com/brandonwatts10000/wf9ms2dns801/wish/168917968 2017-04-28 16:04:17 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonwatts10000/wf9ms2dns801/wish/168917968 brandonwatts10000 https://padlet.com/brandonwatts10000/wf9ms2dns801/wish/171591104 2017-05-13 01:16:00 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonwatts10000/wf9ms2dns801/wish/171591104 brandonwatts10000 https://padlet.com/brandonwatts10000/wf9ms2dns801/wish/171591138 2017-05-13 01:17:32 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonwatts10000/wf9ms2dns801/wish/171591138 brandonwatts10000 https://padlet.com/brandonwatts10000/wf9ms2dns801/wish/171591208 2017-05-13 01:19:36 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonwatts10000/wf9ms2dns801/wish/171591208 brandonwatts10000 https://padlet.com/brandonwatts10000/wf9ms2dns801/wish/171591242 2017-05-13 01:21:12 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonwatts10000/wf9ms2dns801/wish/171591242 lewislindsey476 https://padlet.com/brandonwatts10000/wf9ms2dns801/wish/171591940 The Battle at Fort Mims occurred on 30 August 1813 during the Creek War, when a force of Creek Indians, belonging to the "Red Sticks" clique under the command of head warriors Peter McQueen and William Weatherford (also known as Lamochattee or Red Eagle), stormed the fort and defeated the militia garrison. Afterward, a massacre ensued and almost all of the remaining Lower Creek, white settlers, and militia at Fort Mims were killed.]]> 2017-05-13 01:54:21 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonwatts10000/wf9ms2dns801/wish/171591940 lewislindsey476 https://padlet.com/brandonwatts10000/wf9ms2dns801/wish/171592214 2017-05-13 02:07:44 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonwatts10000/wf9ms2dns801/wish/171592214 lewislindsey476 https://padlet.com/brandonwatts10000/wf9ms2dns801/wish/171592568 2017-05-13 02:24:47 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonwatts10000/wf9ms2dns801/wish/171592568 lewislindsey476 https://padlet.com/brandonwatts10000/wf9ms2dns801/wish/171593109 The Battle of Tippecano was fought on November 7, 1811, in what is now Battle Ground, Indiana, between American forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and Native American warriors associated with the Shawnee leader Tecumseh. Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa  were leaders of a confederacy of Native Americans from various tribes that opposed US expansion into Native territory. As tensions and violence increased, Governor Harrison marched with an army of about 1,000 men to disperse the confederacy's headquarters at Prophetstown,]]> 2017-05-13 02:44:48 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonwatts10000/wf9ms2dns801/wish/171593109 lewislindsey476 https://padlet.com/brandonwatts10000/wf9ms2dns801/wish/171593279 2017-05-13 02:51:51 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonwatts10000/wf9ms2dns801/wish/171593279