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The frontier is the margin of undeveloped territory that would comprise the United States beyond the established frontier line. [24] [25] The U.S. Census Bureau designated frontier territory as generally unoccupied land with a population density of fewer than 2 people per square mile (0.77 people per square kilometer).
The American Indian Wars, also known as the American Frontier Wars, and the Indian Wars, [note 1] was a conflict initially fought by European colonial empires, and later on by the Confederate states of America, Republic of Texas, Mexico and the United States of America against various American Indian tribes in North America.
The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America. It began when the United States declared war on Britain on 18 June 1812. Although peace terms were agreed upon in the December 1814 Treaty of Ghent, the war did not officially end until the peace treaty was ratified by the ...
Raid on Alexandria. Part of the War of 1812. Smoke rising from a building after facilities and ships on the Chesapeake Bay were attacked by the British. Date. August 29 – September 2, 1814. Location. Alexandria, Virginia. 38°42′07″N 77°03′43″W / . 38.702°N 77.062°W.
Massacre at Pigeon Roost, Indiana Territory (September 3, 1812): An attack by Kickapoo Warriors on a small settlement about a hundred miles south of present-day Indianapolis, Indiana. Investment of Fort Harrison, Indiana Territory (September 3–16, 1812): The first American victory in the war on land.
William Clark. William Clark (August 1, 1770 – September 1, 1838) was an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor. [1] A native of Virginia, he grew up in pre-statehood Kentucky before later settling in what became the state of Missouri . Along with Meriwether Lewis, Clark led the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804 ...
The Battle of Fort George was fought during the War of 1812, in which the Americans defeated a British force and captured Fort George in Upper Canada. The troops of the United States Army and vessels of the United States Navy cooperated in a very successful amphibious assault, although most of the opposing British force escaped encirclement.
The siege of Fort Meigs took place in late April to early May 1813 during the War of 1812 in northwestern Ohio, present-day Perrysburg.A small British Army unit with support from Indians attempted to capture the recently constructed fort to forestall an American offensive against Detroit, and its Fort Detroit in the Great Lakes region which the British from the north in Canada had captured the ...
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