Which are the most important American - Indian Wars?

Answer 1

no one was that important...
it was routine job for Americans

Answer 2

29 Characters has some god points, but I'm going with the hundred year struggle known as the French and Indian Wars, especially the Seven Years War. Why? Because the English victory made the American Revolution possible.

English settlement of the Eastern Seaboard was touch and go with the Indian tribes and their French allies from Canada from 1700 on....there was very real doubt that the Colonies would ever be able to get over the Alleghenies and establish permanent settlements...almost a hundred years of vicious take no prisoners war through western New York and Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and the NorthWest Territories.......Ohio, Indiana and Illinois....

once the French and their Indian allies were defeated, the major threat on the continent to what would be the 13 Colonies was gone. Two major ideas quickly took hold:

We Yankees now didn't need the backing of the British Army to survive.

We Yankees had a large, experienced, blooded force of fighting men and a cadre of trained officers ( Washington, Burr, Hamilton, Arnold, Lee amongst others) that became the core of the Continental Army.

Within 15 years of the end of this hundred years war and the great American/British triumph at Montreal, the Brits were gone from the colonies and we had ordained and established these United States

Answer 3

The "French-Indian" War. There were actually a series of four. However the last is the most influential, with regards history. I know that this is not exactly the answer that most people will be looking for. Think about it for one minute.
This war fought in the between 1754 and it's ending with the signing of the "Treaty of Paris", in 1763 was the "Fourth Inter - Colonial War" to be fought between the French and British Empires on 'continental North America' during the period referred to in Europe as, "The War of The 'Grande Alliance'". George Washington received His first Field Command during this altercation. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 created the designated Western Boundary of the 13 Colonies. This lead to unrest, civil disobedience, the "Boston Massacre", "The Boston Tea Party", "The Shot that was Heard Around The World", "The Battle of Bunker's Hill", and eventually to Your modern day United States of America.
Just a thought, but this would, at face value, make It a pretty important event in American History. Somewhat more so than the "Indian Wars of the 1800's, and the famous, or infamous, battles fought then. Wouldn't Your agree?

Answer 4

The Beaver Wars
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This decades long intermitten conflict pitted the Iroquois confederacy against numerous tribes in the Great Lakes region. The Iroqois conquered and destroyed numerous tribes in the Ohio area, and southern Ontarion. Their westward push was stopped by the Ojibway near Bay Mills, Michigan.

These wars were important, because they redrew the tribal landscape in the region, and left large tracts of land abandoned.

Pontiacs Rebellion
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Pontiacs rebellion began as an organized attempt by the Algonquin speaking peoples to oust the English from the Midwest. It was inspired by the Deleware prophet, who said that the master of life (the Christian God), was angry with them, and only if they gave up polygamy, alcohol, and ousted the English could they the live like they did before Europeans arrived. It was also an attempt to get the French back, who were far kinder in their treatment of native peoples, and gave gifts to illustrate peace; something the English didn't do.

The plan was to seize the forts in the area, killing all the English they could, but sparing the French. The plan nearly worked, most of the forts in the region fell, but Detroit, for-warned by an indian informant, held out. Detroit would serve as a rallying point from which the British regained control, although this time the British adopted more French-style relationships with the locals.

Creek Wars/War of 1812
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Both of these wars crushed the resistance to American expansion, one in the south(excluding Florida), the other in the Midwest. Tecumseh's coaliton was defeated by American forces, and broke most of the organized resistance in the area. These intertwined conflicts also cemented American claims to its lands and independence, which would have a major impact on the future.

Answer 5

Well, first of all, you can't trust any answers wherein wikipedia is your reference source.

Second, Little Big Horn and Wounded Knee are battles of the Indian Wars, not the Wars themselves.

Thirdly, despite the America haters best efforts to blame everything on the American Government, nothing that America "did" to the various indian tribes were any worse that what has occurred in all other countries and cultures across the world, including what some of the tribes did to other tribes.

Finally, the Indian wars were generally not years long affairs, they were generally single battles or single campaign affairs. As to the most important indian wars, it would have to be the French-Indian War, Pontiac's Rebellion and the War of 1812(the Shawnee in the North under Tecumseh and the Creek in the south), since these wars were the best opportunity that they had to succeed and withhold the American expansion.

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Answer 6

Wounded Knee and Little Bighorn are probably the two most famous.

It's probably the most dishonorable thing our government has ever (admittedly) done, in destroying the Native Americans culture.

If I may suggest a good movie, Dances with Wolves. It helps show a side of the Native Americans way of life.