How Did Shawnee Brothers Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa ("The Prophet")act to Defend

question 55

Multiple Choice

How did Shawnee brothers Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa ("the Prophet") act to defend Native peoples from the encroachment of white pioneers crossing the Appalachians?

• A) They built a broad-based alliance of tribes with the British and began arming for war with the United States.
• B) They sought an alliance with Napoleon to frighten the Americans.
• C) They offered to sell Indian lands to any nation in Europe that wished to buy them.
• D) They blocked trade on the Mississippi to force American concessions.
• E) They organized a far-flung confederacy of all tribes east of the Mississippi to promote unity and cultural renewal.

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