ash12181987
Squire
I am doing this primarily because of a personal observation, when it comes to History. This is all personal research, so you need not answer the poll, but it would be appreciated. And not to mention, it is a fun fact to know. If you have heard something different than what I present below, please do not hesistate to correct me, I am not an expert in Southern Indian Tribes, thus I may be off on some points. Further, what I have wrote is the opinion of another, and by that I mean, for the most part it has been taken directly from the book I read it from, I tried to keep personal opinions surpressed. If you are looking for the citation: Splendid Land, Splendid People: The Chickasaw Indians to Removal; James Atkinson. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa AL. 2004.
I am currently in a class that addresses the history and Culture of the Native American tribes in and around the Southeastern portion of the United States. At this time we are reading about the Chickasaw Nation, the British aligned group that settled originally in the Tombigbee/upper mississippi portion of the West Florida settlement, and later in the Carolina colony. The period I am speaking of, specifically is the time from about 1770-1790. The previously French settlement of New Orleans was given to the Spanish, after the 7 years [French-Indian] war of the 1770s. Once in the hands of the Spanish, the spaniards sat on their land, interacting some with the surrounding tribes. All of this is rather unimportant, at least until the beginning of the revolutionary war. Now:
According to what I read, the Spanish declared war on the British during the time at which the British Colonists were fighting the American Revolution. They were not diametrically opposed to the Americans, but there was no indication they fought directly with/for the Americans. That being said, their reasoning for beginning the war with the British was at best an excuse, and at worst a sham. Claims of the Spanish, were that the Brits were attempting coerce the Indian tribes into attacking the Spanish colony of New Orleans, when up until that point there was evidence of little but Spanish attempts to coerce the Choctaw, Alibama, and others to attack British allied tribes, and the British themselves. The Spanish captured a number of British towns, including Pensacola, and sank about 8 warships of British Origin. This effectively paralyzed British trade with the Indian tribes, and heavily hampered their southern colonys, ability to make war with the northern, revolting colonys.
I will put that out, and await for the results of the poll before I continue with any kind of analysis or speculation on my part. Corrections and other such points are welcome.
I am currently in a class that addresses the history and Culture of the Native American tribes in and around the Southeastern portion of the United States. At this time we are reading about the Chickasaw Nation, the British aligned group that settled originally in the Tombigbee/upper mississippi portion of the West Florida settlement, and later in the Carolina colony. The period I am speaking of, specifically is the time from about 1770-1790. The previously French settlement of New Orleans was given to the Spanish, after the 7 years [French-Indian] war of the 1770s. Once in the hands of the Spanish, the spaniards sat on their land, interacting some with the surrounding tribes. All of this is rather unimportant, at least until the beginning of the revolutionary war. Now:
According to what I read, the Spanish declared war on the British during the time at which the British Colonists were fighting the American Revolution. They were not diametrically opposed to the Americans, but there was no indication they fought directly with/for the Americans. That being said, their reasoning for beginning the war with the British was at best an excuse, and at worst a sham. Claims of the Spanish, were that the Brits were attempting coerce the Indian tribes into attacking the Spanish colony of New Orleans, when up until that point there was evidence of little but Spanish attempts to coerce the Choctaw, Alibama, and others to attack British allied tribes, and the British themselves. The Spanish captured a number of British towns, including Pensacola, and sank about 8 warships of British Origin. This effectively paralyzed British trade with the Indian tribes, and heavily hampered their southern colonys, ability to make war with the northern, revolting colonys.
I will put that out, and await for the results of the poll before I continue with any kind of analysis or speculation on my part. Corrections and other such points are welcome.
