250 to 250:142. Battle of Fallen Timbers, Narrated by Wes Siler

 

Heather Cox Richardson and 250 to 250: Battle of Fallen Timbers, Narrated by Wes Siler

Wes Siler is an independent journalist who has spent the last 24 years writing about the intersection of public lands, conservation, and politics. He's currently building a new Substack newsletter about those topics, and you can help him along by subscribing to that. He tells the story of the brief battle that forced Native American displacement from most of modern-day Ohio, opening it to white American settlement.

After the Revolutionary War, many Americans wanted to move west.

• Native Americans fought to protect their land.
• On August 20, 1794, American soldiers fought Native Americans near Toledo, Ohio.
• This fight was called the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
• General Anthony Wayne led the American soldiers.
• The American soldiers won the battle.

In 1795, the Treaty of Greenville opened Native American land to American settlers.

• The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 banned slavery and allowed new states in this area.
• However, the United States took land from Native Americans.

POP Interview and Civics Quiz:

• N-400 Part 4. What is your home address?
• USCIS 100:59. / 128:74.   Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
• USCIS 100:87. / 128:117. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
• Read: Who lived here first?  |  What country is north of the United States?
• Write: American Indians lived here first.  |  Canada is north of the United States. 

Family Fun:

• Army Historical Trust: The Battle of Fallen Timbers, 20 August 1794
• Cherokeephil: The Battle of Fallen Timbers - Ohio - 1794
• Fallen Timbers Battlefield Preservation Commission: From Fallen Timbers to the Treaty of Greenville | Anthony Wayne: Remembered Today as a General. Forgotten Role? A Diplomat.
• From Fort to Port: Fort to Port Histories - Episode 3: The Natives of Northwest Ohio
• Metro Toledo Paks: Fallen Timbers Battlefield & Ft. Miamis
• Midstory: The Forgotten History of Ohio’s Indigenous Peoples | We've always been here: Indigenous Invisibility
• NPS: Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site
• National Postal Museum: Battle of Fallen Timbers Issue | 3c Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Sesquicentennial map single | Anthony Wayne Post Office Mural
• PBS Origins: The Forgotten War They Don’t Teach You About
• Redoubt Productions: Fallen Timbers: How The U.S.A. Conquered Ohio
• uscitizenpod: Northwest Ordinance of 1787 coloring page