Questions for Week 9 Blackboard Required Readings How does Tecumseh need to convince the Osage people that the “white men” are dangerous and not to be trusted? Do you think that Tecumseh’s grievances against the white men are an accurate reflection of 19th century euro American attitudes about Indian people? Which of his grievances do […]
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What would be hailed as the “frontier topic,” Turner declared that the end of the frontier marked “the closing of a great historic movement” the colo-nization of the Great West.
In what would be hailed as the “frontier topic,” Turner declared that the end of the frontier marked “the closing of a great historic movement”—the colo-nization of the Great West. He explained that the fron-tier had been “the meeting point between savagery and civilization.” At this intersection, the Europeans had been “Americanized” by the wilderness. […]
