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==Early National Era, 1770s-1830s==

==Early National Era, 1770s-1830s==

see [[Second Great Awakening]]

see [[Second Great Awakening]]

After the Revolutionary war ended (1781), the Americans in large numbers poured into the west.  In some areas they had to battle the Indian tribes.  No Indians lived in Kentucky but they sent raiding parties to stop the newcomers, like [[Abe Lincoln]]'s grandfather (who was scalped in 1786 near Louisville.) The [[War of 1812]] marked the final confrontation between major Indian forces trying to stop the advance, with British aid. American frontier militiamen under [[Andrew Jackson]] defeated the Creeks and opened the Southwest, while militia under [[William Henry Harrison]] defeated the Indian-British alliance at a battle in Canada. The death in battle of the Indian leader [[Tecumseh]] dissolved the coalition of hostile Indian tribes. In general the frontiersmen battled the Indians with little help from the U.S. Army or the federal government.  Indeed, the regular army set up a line of forts designed to keep the Indians and settlers apart.

After the Revolutionary war ended (1781), the Americans in large numbers poured into the west.  In some areas they had to battle the Indian tribes.  No Indians lived in Kentucky but they sent raiding parties to stop the newcomers, like [[Abe Lincoln]]'s grandfather (who was scalped in 1786 near Louisville.) The [[War of 1812]] marked the final confrontation between major Indian forces trying to stop the advance, with British aid. American frontier militiamen under [[Andrew Jackson]] defeated the Creeks and opened the Southwest, while militia under [[William Henry Harrison]] defeated the Indian-British alliance at a battle in Canada. The death in battle of the Indian leader [[Tecumseh]] dissolved the coalition of hostile Indian tribes. In general the frontiersmen battled the Indians with little help from the U.S. Army or the federal government.  Indeed, the regular army set up a line of forts designed to keep the Indians and settlers apart.

==External links==

==External links==

* [http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/TURNER/ Turner Thesis text]

* [http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/TURNER/ Turner Thesis text]

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==Bibliography==

==Bibliography==

* Billington, Ray Allen. ''America's Frontier Heritage'' (1984), an analysis of the frontier experience from perspective of social sciences and historiography

* Billington, Ray Allen. ''America's Frontier Heritage'' (1984), an analysis of the frontier experience from perspective of social sciences and historiography