Indiana History Territory to Statehood

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Indiana HistoryTerritory to Statehood

• Pioneer Period 1800-1850

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People and Wars
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William Henry Harrison

• William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 April
  4, 1841) was an American military leader,
  politician, and the ninth President of the United
  States. He served as the first Governor of the
  Indiana Territory and later as a U.S.
  Representative and Senator from Ohio. Harrison
  first gained national fame for leading U.S forces
  against American Indians at the Battle of
  Tippecanoe in 1811 and earning the nickname
  "Tippecanoe" (or "Old Tippecanoe")

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Tecumseh

• As more settlers entered the Northwest
  Territory, the Shawnee, among others, found
  themselves forced to assimilate or leave their
  lands. Tecumseh, the famed Shawnee leader, led a
  war against General William Henry Harrison in
  protest. The Shawnee were defeated by Harrsion at
  the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. Tecumseh died
  in 1813.

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Tenskwatawa

• Tenskwatawa was a Native American religious and
  political leader (of the Shawnee tribe), known as
  The Prophet or the Shawnee Prophet. He was the
  brother of Tecumseh, leader of the Shawnee. He
  was originally given the name Lalawethika (The
  Noisemaker).

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Battle of Tippecanoe

• On November 7, 1811, then-Governor William Henry
  Harrison defeated the Shawnee warriors at the
  Battle of Tippecanoe in what is now the state of
  Indiana.

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Jonathan Jennings

• Jonathan Jennings (1784 July 26, 1834) was an
  Indiana politician. Born in 1784 in Readington,
  New Jersey, he was the first Governor of Indiana,
  serving from 1816 to 1822. He died in July 26,
  1834 in Charlestown, Indiana.
• He arrived in Clark County, Indiana in 1806, and
  established Charlestown as his home after
  considering Jeffersonville and Vincennes. "No
  slavery in Indiana" was his motto, and he labored
  hard for that. In 1809 he beat Territorial
  Governor William Henry Harrison's chosen
  candidate, Thomas Randolph, for the Indiana
  Territory representative to Congress.

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Indianas Birthday!

• Indiana becomes the 19th State Dec. 11, 1816.

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Places
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Northwest Territory
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Vincennes, IN

• Vincennes, IN was the meeting point of William
  Henry Harrison and Tecumseh when they discussed
  the Fort Wayne Treaty. Tecumseh believed that
  the land should not be owned by men.
• Tecumseh proved his point to William by
  pushing him of the bench. How would you like to
  be pushed off of your property?

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Corydon, IN

• Corydon was the first capital of the state of
  Indiana.
• Picture of the Old Capital Building

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State Capital Indianapolis

• Indianapolis became the capital of Indiana in
  1825. It is still Indianas capital.

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Transportation
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Locomotive

• A locomotive is a train engine. A locomotive,
  such as the one pictured to the right, reached
  Indianapolis in 1847. This allowed people to
  travel faster than ever before.

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National Road

• The National Road or Cumberland Road was one of
  the first major improved highways in the United
  States, built by the Federal Government.
  Construction began in 1811 at Cumberland,
  Maryland, on the Potomac River, and the road
  reached Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia) on
  the Ohio River in 1818. Plans were made to
  continue through St. Louis, Missouri, on the
  Mississippi River to Jefferson City, Missouri,
  but funding ran out and construction stopped at
  Vandalia, Illinois in 1839.

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Canals

• A canal is a narrow human-made waterway use to
  transport goods and people.