The American Revolution in the Old Northwest
Вставка
- Опубліковано 28 лют 2024
- The American Revolution in the West is often neglected from the overall history of the conflict, though it had a significant impact on how it was conducted. Larry Nelson, assistant professor of history at Bowling Green State University, discusses this important component of the war by examining American ambitions in the Old Northwest, the vast uncharted region north and west of the Ohio River; the political goals of the Continental Congress within that region; and the role of Virginia militia leader George Rogers Clark in bringing those aims to fruition.
About the Speaker
Larry Nelson holds a Ph.D. in American history from Bowling Green State University. He worked for the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection) for nearly twenty-five years as the site director at Fort Meigs State Memorial. Following his retirement, he joined the history faculty at Bowling Green State University as an assistant professor. Throughout his career with the Ohio Historical Society, he participated in numerous archaeological investigations of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century military sites, including Fort Laurens and Crawford’s Defeat. He has also contributed to or appeared on many PBS and History Channel productions, including the Emmy-nominated History Channel presentation First Invasion - The War of 1812. An authority on the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley frontiers, his books include A Man of Distinction among Them: Alexander McKee and the Ohio Frontier (Kent State University Press, 1999); A History of Jonathan Alder: His Captivity and Life with the Indians (University of Akron Press, 2002); and The Sixty Years’ War for the Great Lakes, 1754-1814 (Michigan State University Press, 2010) with fellow historian David C. Skaggs. His most recent book, published by the Michigan State University Press, is entitled, To Your Posts!: A Documentary History of Fort Meigs.
SUBSCRIBE to our channel: bit.ly/3DxZnrJ
Follow us on social media:
Facebook: / americanrevo. .
Instagram: / americanrev. .
Twitter: / amrevinstitute
Stay updated by joining our mailing list: bit.ly/3TpfhdL
Become an Associate of the American Revolution Institute: bit.ly/3Bonuqp
Visit our website: www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org
Learn more and explore future and past programs: www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org/events
#amrevinstitute
George rogers Clark’s was the greatest hero of the revolution that few people know about. Read sea to shining sea.
I❤ love intelligent lecturers. THIS is why people should go to college, Historians teach, I’ve learned if they can: 1) What happened? 2) How? 3) AND so what? An excellent approach.
Do you really think college teaches this ? It's all rainbows and unicorns now .
Facts@@kenj.8897
@@kenj.8897yes, yes they do teach this in college… stop watching faux news
So glad that this presentation got posted . My family has been in Michigan since the mid 1760's . All the lands they acquired up to the war of 1812 was bought/traded for was from the native Americans. The purpose was for furs and lumber . Fur trade died out around 1860 , lumber around 1880 . My family had thousands of acres north of Detroit on the St. Clair River. Thankfully I have hundreds of letters and business documents starting around 1820, sadly due to fire early letters were lost . Family homestead built in 1863 still surviving in magnificent condition...During the war of 1812 and a few years after were crazy dangerous times in the area with Canada on opposite side of the river .
Wow 1760!! What nationality where they? Did they marry any Indians or French?
@@andylyon3867 English , Norwegian ,Irish Dutch .The English branch were Puritans that settled Hartford Conn. with Thomas Hooker . Not any of my Grandfathers married any natives or French women but i had a uncle who married a native . In the 1920s and 30s a lot of the prime river properties my family was forced to sell for the "betterment" of the community . City parks , water plants etc . My father still had quit a bit as i was growing up but just a few parcels are left now which the taxes are getting out of hand .My father always said my family owed so much to those brave men and women that came before us .
6
“The old Northwest” … wonderfully interesting, My home state of Illinois was part of that. George Rogers Clark … how interesting. Thanks for the wonderful speech. In 1989 went down the river systems of Chicago, Illinois, Mississippi, Ohio Rivers and Kentucky Lakes with a sailboat, masts down. Then, onto Mobile. That is A LOT of river travel.
Thanks for sharing.🇱🇷🥰🌹🇨🇮 kind regards Niall O'Connell Dundalk Irelande 🇱🇷🌄
NYC was the capital.
Thank you, Dr. Nelson. I have been a fan of GRC for many years.
Manifest Destiny. America was born.
Great presentation! I loved learning about the intricate relationships between the different people of the area. A great book about George Rogers Clark is George Rogers Clark: I Glory in War by William Nester.
Interesting side note concerning the goings on of the World at the time, colonial privateer Joshua Barney captained a ship named Hyder Aly, after the leader of the kingdom of Mysore in India, who fought the British in the Anglo-Mysore war, Hyder Ali. He did win that war against the East India company.
With respect, the speaker underestimates the role of Nathanael Greene.
One of Aaron Burr's sons later became a member of a Regiment of the East Indian Company that was later to become the 4th Kerala Rifles (Trivandrums Own) which only existed for a decade or so before being absorbed into another EIC military formation.
From the start in North America Europeans did not marry Indians in large numbers, unlike south America and that is way things ends so bad for the Indian population in the end as with out marriage killing them was much worse than S America. Still bad there too but the Indians are still around in huge numbers.
Great talk, wonderful insight into the real George Rogers Clark.
I would not want to take this guys class
Why does this channel turn off comments on videos about the revolution? Scared?
If George Rogers Clark was one of the big revolutionaries during American war of independence then how come he did not be President of USA?
Fort Ontario, Oswego, NY was also under British control until 1796.
Basically most of Michigan also . Fort Mackinaw stayed in British control till end of War of 1812
37 minutes into this and no mention of Clark.
Interesting that the term “Indian” is being used instead of “Native American”.
They were just natives then
Historians usually use the terminology that was used in official writing at the time. Would you for example refer to slaves taken from Africa as African Americans?
Many Colonial/Early U.S. Governing Councils/Bodies used the term in their Titles at the time so it is also often used in this context as well.
Wow, this guy likes to beat on Clark...he didn't do anything right according to this guy