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  2. Map–territory relation - Wikipedia

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    The indicatrices demonstrate the difference between the 3D world as seen from space and 2D projections of its surface. The mapterritory relation is the relationship between an object and a representation of that object, as in the relation between a geographical territory and a map of it. Mistaking the map for the territory is a logical ...

  3. Territorial evolution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Territorial evolution of the United States. After Japan's defeat in World War II, the Japanese-ruled Northern Mariana Islands came under control of the United States. [1] The United States of America was formed after thirteen British colonies in North America declared independence from the British Empire on July 4, 1776.

  4. Creek War - Wikipedia

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    Casualties and losses. ~584 killed. ~1,597 killed. The Creek War (also the Red Stick War or the Creek Civil War) was a regional conflict between opposing Native American factions, European powers, and the United States during the early 19th century. The Creek War began as a conflict within the tribes of the Muscogee, but the United States ...

  5. St. Clair's defeat - Wikipedia

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    St. Clair's defeat, also known as the Battle of the Wabash, the Battle of Wabash River or the Battle of a Thousand Slain, [3] was a battle fought on 4 November 1791 in the Northwest Territory of the United States. The U.S. Army faced the Western Confederacy of Native Americans as part of the Northwest Indian War.

  6. Bear River Massacre - Wikipedia

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    The Bear River Massacre, or the Engagement on the Bear River, or the Battle of Bear River, or Massacre at Boa Ogoi, took place in present-day Franklin County, Idaho, on January 29, 1863. After years of skirmishes and food raids on farms and ranches, the United States Army attacked a Shoshone encampment gathered at the confluence of the Bear ...

  7. List of battles fought in Kansas - Wikipedia

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    Dog Soldiers vs Santa Fe Trail party. Battle of Council Grove. June 3, 1868. near Council Grove, Kansas. Plains Indian Wars. 3. Southern Cheyenne vs Kaw. (2nd) Battle of Beaver Creek (2) [31] October 15, 1868.

  8. Battle of Horseshoe Bend - Wikipedia

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    A map of Creek War Battle Sites, PCL Map Collection at the University of Texas at Austin. "Battle of Horseshoe Bend" Archived 2014-12-15 at the Wayback Machine , Encyclopedia of Alabama Mrs. Dunham Rowland, "The Mississippi Territory in the War of 1812" , Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Volume 4, 1921, pp. 7–156

  9. Battle of Tippecanoe - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Tippecanoe (/ ˌ t ɪ p ə k ə ˈ n uː / TIP-ə-kə-NOO) was fought on November 7, 1811, in Battle Ground, Indiana, between American forces led by then Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and tribal forces associated with Shawnee leader Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa (commonly known as "The Prophet"), leaders of a confederacy of various tribes who ...