Tecumseh by Madeline Coats

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    Tecumseh's Life

  • Tecumseh was born.

    Tecumseh was born.
    A creek woman named Methoataske gave birth to her fifth child, Tecumseh.
  • Battle of Point Pleasant

    Battle of Point Pleasant happens.
  • Revelutionary War started.

    The first shoots of the Revelutionary War were fired.
  • Common Sense.

    Common Sense.
    Thomas Paine wrote I published Common Sense.
  • Tecumseh's first battle

    Tecumseh's first battle
    At the age of 14, Tecumseh took part in many battles against the Americans. They went on for another year.
  • Revelotionary War ended.

    The last troops left the U.S.
  • Blue Jacket

    Blue Jacket
    Tecumseh gained renown as a scout and warrior under Blue Jacket. It lasted a year.
  • Eli Whitney

    Eli Whitney
    Eli Whitney patents the Cotton Gin.
  • War ends.

    War ends.
    Tecumseh did not sign the Treaty of Greenville and he was one of few who did not.
  • George Washington

    George Washington
    George Washington dies.
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson
    Thomas Jefferson becomes the third president.
  • William Harrison

    William Harrison
    William Harrison convinced older chiefs to cecede to the U.S.
  • Tenskwatawa's religious revival

    Tenskwatawa's religious revival
    Tecumseh's brother, Tenskwatawa prenched an Indian religious revival at Greenville, Ohio.
  • Zebulon Pike

    Zebulon Pike
    Zebulon Pike sees the famous peak that now bears his name.
  • Tippecanoe River

    Tippecanoe River
    Tecumseh and his brother moved their village to the Tippecanoe River in Indiana.
  • African slave trade

    African slave trade
    Congress prohibits the African slave trade.
  • Prophet's Town

    Prophet's Town
    Tecumseh led four hundred armed warriors from Prophet's town confront Harrison at his Vinsenne's home.
  • Louisiana

    Louisiana
    A slave insurrection in Louisiana results in 75 deaths. (slaves)
  • The British cause

    The British cause
    He was comissioned to a general, fought for the British on the Detroit fountior, and reciuted for the British cause.
  • Tecumseh died.

    Tecumseh died.
    Tecumseh died at the battle of Thamas in Upper Canada.