The Americans won because the British's commander surrendered Vinennes. It happened in February of 1779.
As part of the northwest ordinance the first state to be created was Ohio, although the name of the remaining area was changed to Indiana Territory. Also included were one third of Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana.
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George Rogers Clark was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1752. His family moved to Caroline County, Virginia, after the French and Indian War began. In 1772, he made his way to Kentucky. After the end of the Revolutionary War, Clark moved to Indiana. He returned to Kentucky in 1809 after suffering from a stroke. He passed away in Louisville, KY in 1818 at the age of 65.
Xavier Cathedral (Old Cathedral) in Vincennes, Indiana, is a church where people who fought in the Revolutionary War were buried, most from the Battle of Vincennes on February 23, 1779.
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Sarah Grace Heilman Ticusan has written: 'An index to Roster of soldiers and patriots of the American Revolution buried in Indiana, published by the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution, 1938' -- subject(s): Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution. Indiana, Genealogy, History, Indexes, Registers
Because they didn't know much about what was west of Indiana. To them Indiana was west in relation to the colonies.
Thomas Jefferson After the end of the American Revolution, Congress established a system for settling the new territory the United States acquired. The land involved was located west of the Appalachian Mountains and eventually became the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and a portion of Minnesota. The Land Ordinances of 1785 and 1787 served as a framework for settling this Northwest Territory.
The Americans won because the British's commander surrendered Vinennes. It happened in February of 1779.
Indiana was admitted to the Union in 1816, so as of 2011 it has been a state for 195 years. Before admission as a state, it was the Indiana Territory from 1800-1816, although large portions were broken off in 1805 to create the Michigan Territory and in 1809 to create the Illinois Territory. Before 1800, it was part of the Northwest Territory, which was created as an organized unincorporated territory of the United States in 1787. Before that , it was part of the Indian Reserve, a territory under British rule set aside in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 for use by American Indians, which was assigned to the United States in the Treaty of Paris in 1783 So the land that is now Indiana has been part of the US at least since 1783 (228 years). Of course, that territory was fought over, and settled by, the colonials during the Revolution, so one might argue for an earlier date.
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Because they didn't know much about what was west of Indiana. To them Indiana was west in relation to the colonies.
Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory led the American forces at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Because they didn't know much about what was west of Indiana. To them Indiana was west in relation to the colonies.
Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory led the American forces at the Battle of Tippecanoe near Prophetstown.