Fort Detroit

Examples of Fort Detroit in the following topics:

• Pontiac's Uprising

  • After the Seven Years' War, British troops proceeded to occupy the various forts in the Ohio Country and Great Lakes region that had been previously garrisoned by the French.
  • The Mingos, led by Guyasuta and Tahaiadoris, were concerned about being surrounded by British-occupied forts.
  • The war began at Fort Detroit under the leadership of Ottawa war chief Pontiac and quickly spread throughout the region.
  • Eight British forts were taken.
  • Scholars believe that rather than being planned in advance, the uprising spread as word of Pontiac's actions at Fort Detroit traveled throughout the pays d'en haut, inspiring already discontented American Indians to join the revolt.

• The War in the West

  • Geographically, the conflict was focused around Detroit, which was held by the British, and south and east of the Ohio River.
  • In order to provide a strategic diversion for operations in the Northeast, the British in Detroit began recruiting and arming American Indian war parties to raid American settlements.
  • Patriot efforts to move against Fort Detroit were undermined due to the lack of ready troops and because escalating raids had created more determined enemies of the American Indians.

• The Northwest Territory

  • In reality, however, the British kept forts and enacted policies there that supported the American Indians living in those territories until Jay's Treaty in 1794.
  • The British remained in possession of their Great Lakes forts, through which they continued to supply American Indian allies with trade items and weapons in exchange for furs.
  • The Western Confederacy came together in the autumn of 1785 at Fort Detroit, proclaiming that the parties to the Confederacy would deal jointly with the United States, rather than individually.
  • After extensive training, Wayne's troops advanced into the territory and built Fort Recovery at the site of St.

• The War in the North

  • A scratch force landed on the island on July 17, 1812, and mounted a gun overlooking Fort Mackinac.
  • Hull's army was too weak in artillery, however, and by August, Hull and his troops retreated to Detroit.
  • Hull and his troops surrendered Detroit without a fight on August 16.
  • Knowing of British-supported attacks from American Indians in other locations, Hull ordered the evacuation of the inhabitants of Fort Dearborn (Chicago) to Fort Wayne.
  • The fort was subsequently burned.

• The Indian Response

  • After the war, the Treaty of Fort Jackson was signed in August, 1814.
  • In February, 1813, a small war party of Red Sticks, returning from Detroit and led by Little Warrior, killed two families of settlers along the Ohio River.
  • The Red Sticks' goal was to strike at the mixed-blood Creek who had taken refuge at the fort.
  • The incident became known as the Fort Mims Massacre.
  • The Red Sticks subsequently attacked other forts in the area, including Fort Sinquefield.

• Attack on Fort Sumter

  • The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first armed conflict of the Civil War.
  • The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the American Civil War.
  • Conditions at the fort were difficult during the winter of 1860–1861.
  • He received news that Fort Sumter had only six weeks of rations left.
  • At about 7:00 a.m., Captain Abner Doubleday, the fort's second in command, was given the honor of firing the first shot in defense of the fort.

• The War in the South

  • In February of 1813, a small war party of Red Sticks, returning from Detroit and led by Little Warrior, killed two families of settlers along the Ohio River.
  • On August 9, 1814, Andrew Jackson forced headmen of both the Upper and Lower Towns of Creek to sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson.

• Madison's American Indian Policy

  • In the latter stages, Tecumseh's group allied with the British forces in the War of 1812 and was instrumental in the conquest of Detroit.
  • The war effectively ended with the Treaty of Fort Jackson (August 1814), in which General Andrew Jackson insisted that the Creek confederacy cede more than 21 million acres of land from southern Georgia and central Alabama.

• The Treaty of Fort Stanwix

  • The Treaty of Fort Stanwix was one of several treaties signed between Native Americans and the United States after the American Revolution.
  • The Treaty of Fort Stanwix was a treaty signed in October 1784 between the United States and its Native Americans at Fort Stanwix (located in present-day Rome, New York).
  • 1785 Treaty of Fort McIntosh with Wyandotte, Delaware, Chippewa and Ottawa leaders for lands in Ohio
  • 1786 Treaty of Fort Finney with Shawnee leaders for portions of Ohio

• Fort Ticonderoga

  • The capture of Fort Ticonderoga occurred in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War when a small force of Green Mountain Boys, led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold, overcame a small British garrison at the fort and looted the personal belongings of the garrison.
  • After seizing Ticonderoga, a small detachment captured the nearby Fort Crown Point on May 11.
  • The French had destroyed the powder magazine when they abandoned the fort, and the fort had fallen further into disrepair since then.
  • After the war began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, the British General Thomas Gage realized the fort would require fortification; simultaneously, several colonists had the idea of capturing the fort.
  • Eventually, as many as 400 men arrived at the fort, which they plundered for liquor and other provisions.