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Free viewers are required for some of the attached documents. They can be downloaded by clicking on the icons below. Please enable JavaScript in your browser for a better user experience. He slumps against a broken tree stump, using his long-handled tomahawk for support as he sinks to the ground. Does he appear to be pained, panicked, resigned, or sorrowful? Is this a man who is scared to face death or does appear accepting of his fate?
Tecumseh was a general of the Shawnee Indian nation who resisted the advance of American westward expansion and fought on the side of the British during the War of He was known as a powerful, charismatic leader who was able to unite varied Native American tribes against the ever-encroaching settlement of the United States.
His main objective was capturing the essence of a great, conquered warrior. This sculpture was created while the artist was living in Brazil and so the amalgamation of garments and weapons Pettrich chose were taken from engravings he had made while he was living in America, rather than from direct observation of Shawnee artifacts.
Like The Dying Gaul , Tecumseh has been fatally wounded but reclines gracefully, with his limbs extended elegantly. Both statues depict men who have lost their battles and are close to death but remain serene and dignified, resigned to their fate.
By the time Pettrich created this sculpture of Tecumseh, the Indian leader had become somewhat of an American folk hero in the eyes of white America, despite the fact that he had fought against the American army. The American imagination was captured by this man, who was admired as a great warrior and a charismatic leader. This artwork served to glorify an American victory by men like future U. He is thoroughly defeated, yet his nobility is preserved until the very end. In order to fully understand the importance of the American naval victory occurring in this painting, we must first understand exactly why the United States went to war against Great Britain in It was not one, but a series of factors that ultimately led to the decision to take up arms against the greatest naval power of the day.
An important, often overlooked, factor that led to the War of was the Louisiana Purchase. The United States wanted the large swath of land for westward expansion and exploration; France urgently needed money to pay for soldiers and supplies in its coming war with Great Britain. Shortly thereafter, Napoleon declared war on Great Britain, and the resulting series of conflicts, collectively called the Napoleonic Wars , wreaked havoc on the French and English economies.
As European rural economies slowed, the United States became a major supplier of commodities to Britain and France, both of whom urged the young country to remain neutral during the conflict. In addition to exporting their own goods, American ships also re-exported goods from the Caribbean colonies of France and Britain back to Europe. At first American suppliers made huge profits, but as the war grew to a stalemate, with Napoleon occupying mainland Europe and the British controlling the seas, the warring countries soon began to interfere with the American re-export trade.
Angered by this trade, Britain decided to try and starve the French in to submission by blockading French ports and consequently all American ships bound for France. They reasoned this course of action with the resurrected Rule of , which declared that if neutral countries transported goods from an enemy colony to the continent, it would be seen as an act of war.
The rule also decreed that neutral nations in wartime could only carry items that had been transported in times of peace; effectively banning re-export trade. In the eyes of Great Britain, this rule legitimized the seizure of American ships.
While both countries seized American ships to stymie the other, British seizures were seen as a much more grievous act as they took place off American shores, while French seizures took place in and near French-controlled European ports.
Angered at Britain for violating neutral trade rights, the United States Congress passed the Non-Importation Act of which barred the importation of British goods that could be made in America or could be purchased through any other country. Britain responded by using its navy to further block French-controlled European ports.
France replied by outlawing trade with Britain. Various decrees were soon volleyed back and forth. If the U. Further angering Americans, the British Royal Navy also took part in impressment , a practice that forced captured American sailors into service for the Royal Navy. Britain initially practiced impressment to look for deserters of the Royal Navy who had joined American merchant ships for better pay, food, and conditions. Yet soon, impressing American- born sailors became common practice; an estimated 6, American sailors were impressed before the United States declared war in Efforts by the United States to remain neutral in the face of these factors fell flat.
The practice, hence, is so far from affecting British subjects alone that, under the pretext of searching for these, thousands of American citizens, under the safeguard of public law and of their national flag, have been torn from their country and from everything dear to them; have been dragged on board ships of war of a foreign nation and exposed, under the severities of their discipline, to be exiled to the most distant and deadly climes, to risk their lives in the battles of their oppressors, and to be the melancholy instruments of taking away those of their own brethren.
Our moderation and conciliation have had no other effect than to encourage perseverance and to enlarge pretensions. Whether the United States shall continue passive under these progressive usurpations and these accumulating wrongs, or, opposing force to force in defense of their national rights, shall commit a just cause into the hands of the Almighty Disposer of Events.
In recommending it to their early deliberations I am happy in the assurance that the decision will be worthy the enlightened and patriotic councils of a virtuous, a free, and a powerful nation. Going to war with Britain was required if the United States was to maintain its sovereignty and its maritime rights. Congress agreed with President Madison and declared war on June 18, , but the vote was far from unanimous.
Representatives from the Western and Southern states, the primary beneficiaries of a victory over Britain, were in favor. The Northeastern states were opposed, as they had the most to lose with their commercial rights and businesses at stake. Despite the justification President Madison provided for going to war, many Americans believed that the real motives were less than noble. Others suspected, and correctly so, that the war was solely an opportunity for the United States to expand its borders and attain sought-after territory in the Northwest Canada and in the South present-day Florida, which were occupied by several tribes of Indians and controlled by British and Spanish powers, respectively.
Knowing that confronting an unrivaled naval power like Britain at sea would be unwise, the United States resolved to primarily challenge the British on land by invading British occupied Canada.
They reasoned that Canada would be both valuable, for its land, and vulnerable due to its small population and light defense. Additionally, Canada was also the area from which Britain stimulated anti-American aggression and sentiment amongst the American Indians. With Britain furnishing the Indians with supplies, it was only a matter of time before Indian leader Tecumseh would come to power and organize a pan-tribal coalition to take on the expanding American empire. Download PDF. While there were many causes that led up to the war, one central cause was British support for the American Indian opposition over American expansion in the Northwest, land which was still occupied by the Indians.
Tecumseh , a skilled Shawnee warrior and charismatic orator, believed that a pan-Indian federation could stop or slow the pace of American westward expansion. He hoped that old tribal rivalries could be set aside so that the unified tribes of the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley could move as one and resist the United States expansion into Native territory.
Tecumseh had tried negotiating face-to-face with the federal governor of the Indiana Territory, William Henry Harrison , on two occasions. At the time Tecumseh, who was not yet ready to launch a physical assault on the opposition, was recruiting allies for the impending war. His brother Tenskwatawa, known as the Shawnee Prophet, was placed in charge. Office Hours: Offices are open from Monday to Friday: am - pm. Stay up-to-date on our news and events by signing up for updates on our subscription form.
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