The documentary "Settlers 3" has a subtitle, "Give me liberty or give me death."
In the 1920s, both the Indian Union and the American people used this slogan to inspire the people and unite people.
M Chinese people want to expand, Indians want to prevent expansion, and the British are instigating on both sides. Wars are fought one after another, who is fighting a just war and who is fighting an unjust war, all of them are mixed together, struggling on the edge of life and death.
is determined by winning or losing. One side is getting stronger and stronger, and the other side is getting weaker and weaker. The history of Country M is a history of wars of plundering the west, plundering the north, then plundering the west, and then plundering...
is addicted to playing and refuses to change his ways. It will only follow the old tradition, repeating itself endlessly.
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After the Revolutionary War, the British colonists ceded the Indian settlements in the Ohio Valley to Country M. After
, Shawnee chief Tecumseh contacted more than 20 Indian tribes, regained that land, and established a pan-Indian alliance (called the United Indian States) here. And the war became more fierce, attacking everywhere, determined to drive the pioneers of country M back to their hometown.
In 1813, the Pan-Indian Alliance won one after another, making the people of the M country very panicked.
Columbia University scholar David Eschenbach said: The M government cannot accept the alliance between the United Kingdom and Tecumseh . Therefore, Tecumseh must be killed.
Amy H. Sturgess, author of "The Biography of Tecumseh", also said: Tecumseh's alliance with the United Kingdom is likely to lead to the defeat of Country M.
In order to get rid of the serious trouble, country M sent veteran William Henry Harrison to take action.
Harrison is Tecumseh's old enemy. Two years ago, the "Prophet's Village" of the Indians was destroyed. This time, he planned to do the same.
Tecumseh knew Harrison's cruelty and knew he could fight a tough fight. He discussed with the British Allies and conspired to fight an ambush. The British army took advantage of Harrison's unsteady footing to launch an attack and forced him into the forest. The Indians lurked in the forest, attacked from the north and south, and annihilated Harrison's main force in one fell swoop.
Arizona State University scholar Donald Fisico said that this life-and-death battle determines the trend of the war and is fighting for the future of country M. Both sides must fight to the death. On October 5, 1813, on the banks of the Thames River in Ohio, Tecumseh led 500 warriors from six tribes to guard the woods along the shores of Lake Erie in Canada.
The British army and the M army were in a head-to-head confrontation. They didn't even last 5 minutes before they ran away.
Tecumseh's men were trapped between the Thames and Harrison's army. You can only hold on to your position, otherwise, you will never have a chance to make a comeback.
However, there is a huge disparity in power. No matter how brave Tecumseh was, he could not withstand an enemy three times his size. After his death in battle, the Pan-Indian Alliance was completely wiped out.
Without Tecumseh, the Indians had to come to the negotiating table and sign an unequal treaty with Harrison. The dream of regaining the lost ground also disappeared.
Harrison's victory changed the situation of the war, and Country M regained control of the north.
survival expert Mikel Hawke said: You can imagine Tecumseh's despair. He finally believed in the British army once, but what he got was betrayal.
From Tecumseh's point of view, one is the urgency of time, and the other is the eagerness to win.
measure the bottom line of independent support before discussing cooperation with the British army. Bonus points for the British army's execution of the plan. If you break your promise, you won't lose your capital.
Whenever there is a trace of doubt in the mind, that is, there is no sure chance of winning, it is time to change the strategy. The big forest is the domain of the Indians. If you deal with Harrison here, you won't have to worry about having no chance in the future.
Tecumseh placed all his hopes on the British army, which had no credibility, and was bound to encounter surprises. Even if the last drop of blood was spilled, he could not hold it back.
Of course, no matter how modern people evaluate it, it seems to be light and weightless and unkind. Because the fire did not fall on his feet.
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In 1813, the British encouraged the Red Stick Army of the Indian Creek tribe to attack the pioneer villages and towns of the M country in the Mississippi area. More than 500 men, women, and children were massacred, and an army outpost was destroyed. Known as the Fort Mims Massacre.
H.W. Brands, a scholar at the University of Texas at Austin, said: Indians started wars to resist the invasion of white settlers in order to defend their homeland. The pioneers believed that the Indians were a major security risk and must be eradicated.
M The commander of a state-owned militia regiment in the Mississippi area is named Andrew Jackson.
Jackson was born in Tennessee . He went to school intermittently. When he was 13 years old, he was a military correspondent . When he was 17 years old, he studied law by himself and became a lawyer. In 1803 he was appointed country judge.
He has a bad temper, is not afraid of getting into trouble, and goes his own way. I got into a fight in a bar, got shot, and threatened the doctor that if you dare to amputate my arm, I'll kill you.
He is a braggart and is fond of dueling which is very outdated. He handles cases personally, can catch wanted criminals by himself, and cane criminals. He is regarded as a lone hero in the local area and has a high reputation.
"The Biography of Jackson" author Steve Inskeep said: For an ambitious young man who wants to do a big career, the best way is to go to war and win honors.
Indeed, when two armies face each other and no one dares to attack, this is the opportunity for the lone brave man. The war killed many people, but it also created heroes.
In October 1813, Jackson received an order to lead more than 2,500 militiamen to the south to search for the Red Stick Army and find out the culprit of the Fort Mims massacre.
Several thousand militiamen searched the vast forests of Alabama for weeks, like looking for a needle in a haystack, but found nothing. Because they did not bring enough food, the militiamen began to flee.
At this time, a new recruit came to the militia group, named David Crockett.
Buddy Levi, the author of "The Biography of David Crockett" said: Crockett was a hunter who only went to school for 6 months and had jungle survival experience. He shot and killed 105 black bears in 7 months.
Crockett was very capable and found the location of the Red Stick Army's village in just two weeks. But he soon regretted it.
On November 3, 1813, more than 900 Tennessee militiamen surrounded the Red Stick Army village. Jackson ordered that no one should be left alive. The reason is simple: the Indians massacred the white people first. If he kills us, we will kill them all.
In just a few minutes, Jackson's soldiers killed 186 Red Stick soldiers and burned 46 innocent women and children to death. The scene was miserable and unbearable to witness. Known historically as the Battle of Talusage.
The Talusage Massacre caused a fundamental change in Crockett's thinking, and he began to re-examine Country M's attitude towards the Indians.
Crockett originally wanted to serve the country, but instead participated in an inhumane massacre.
He has never liked this life-and-death survival rule.
He wanted to leave the militia, but Jackson and a group of people blocked him back. Even though he was called a "coward", he still said to Jackson, "I found the Red Stick Army for you. There will be no next time."
Crockett was not allowed to return home to Tennessee until he retired.
Things are like this. Differences in thinking lead to differences in actions.
The differences between Crockett and Jackson represent two perceptions of people in M country.
One is that the Indians are blocking the development of country M and must be driven away. The other type saw the injustice in the massacre and was willing to coexist peacefully with the Indian nation.
But such differences were put aside while the country's fate was still uncertain.
By 1814, Jackson completely eliminated the Red Stick Army and brutally solved the so-called Indian threat in the southern frontier of Country M.
After the war, Jackson forced the Creeks to sign an armistice treaty and obtained most of the nearly 890 hectares of land in Alabama and Georgia. It was said to be used as war compensation, but instead of handing it over, he pocketed it and kicked his own pocket.
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In 1812, Britain freed up its energy after forcing France to exile Napoleon .The troops were transferred to North America, landed in Baltimore, invaded the East Coast, captured Washington, and burned the White House to the ground.
Britain has a big appetite. Because Britain had the strongest navy in the world at the time, it had an absolute advantage over Country M.
They are targeting New Orleans , the largest port in the West. Fantasy captures New Orleans, and then goes north along the Mississippi River to join the British army in Canada.
Johns Hopkins University scholar François Furstenberg said that New Orleans controls the waterway import and export of the entire North American continent. Whoever controls this place controls the strategic location .
The Chinese government pinned its hopes on Jackson, the hero who had just captured the Red Stick Army.
Jackson has a sworn feud with Britain. It is said that if anyone wants to make him angry, just mention the British.
In the Revolutionary War 32 years ago, Jackson lost two brothers and his mother. He was underage when he was working as a signal corps and was captured. In the prisoner of war camp, he was subjected to all kinds of humiliation. He vowed to take revenge whenever he got the chance.
At this time, he took 1,500 soldiers, two tons of heavy artillery , and supplies to reach the port of New Orleans before the British army.
I don’t want to take pictures while walking, but what I am most afraid of is crossing the 2590 square kilometers of Atchafalaya Basin .
Because here is the largest and most dangerous swamp in Country M - the Louisiana Swamp. There are neck-deep puddles, crocodiles and venomous snakes crawling all over the ground, and mosquitoes that can eat people.
In addition to marching, they also had to build trestles to transport heavy artillery. They could only crawl 40 kilometers a day.
However, those soldiers blindly worshiped Jackson. No matter what they thought about the British, the Indians, or the M government, as long as Jackson gave the order, they would go to hell, and they would go through fire and water.
Human beings will blindly admire successful people and believe that only by following them together can great achievements be achieved.
After two weeks of forced march, Jackson's large army arrived at the port of New Orleans on December 1, 1814. After
arrived, they immediately built fortifications, deployed defensive positions, and expanded the reorganization team.
Jackson's team included Kentucky pioneers, Tennesseeans from his hometown, New Orleans people, blacks, water thieves along the river, and even local Indians.
is this motley army of 4,500 men, bravely facing off against the British army's 60 battleships and 15,000 soldiers.
Jackson positioned his soldiers on the hillside in the middle, with the Mississippi River on the right and the swamps on the left. When the British troops came ashore, they could only attack from the front in an open area without cover.
The battle lasted until the 10th day. The M army suffered less than 100 casualties, and the British army had killed more than 2,000 people.
The British troops withdrew, and Jackson became a great hero, causing a sensation throughout the country.
Many people think that Jackson was the second Washington. George Washington won the freedom of country M, while Andrew Jackson defended the freedom of country M.
But in fact, as early as three weeks before the war started, Country M and the United Kingdom signed an armistice treaty in the city of Ghent in Belgium. The British recognized (for the second time) in the contract that all the land in the Mississippi area belonged to the M country.
Walter Bornman, author of "1812: The War that Forged a Nation," said it took too long for the news to cross the Atlantic and reach New Orleans. But it is not important to the people of country M. All they care about is defeating the British. And from this, they learned that anything is possible.
So, Jackson's victory, in addition to his bravery and high cohesion, was also partly due to luck. Otherwise, would the British army have easily retreated?
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Jackson and Crockett were both born in Tennessee. Both came from poor families and only attended school for half a year. However, the two had conflicting political views and struggled with each other, which had a profound influence.
Jackson accumulated political capital along the way. The Democratic Party was founded in 1791. In 1796, he became a member of the state Congress and a judge of the High Court. In 1812 he became a major general in the Anglo-American War, and later a hero of the Battle of New Orleans. In 1818, he led an expedition to the Indians in Florida and became the first governor of Florida.From 1828 to 1837, he was re-elected as the 11th and 12th President of the United States.
In 1817, Jackson took advantage of his position to buy large tracts of land in Alabama at low prices and sold them to planters at high prices to grow cotton.
In just three years, one acre of land soared from 20,000 yuan to 78 US dollars. Jackson became a rich man with $4.5 million, which was a betrayal of his past efforts.
And what about Crockett?
Within 10 years of Crockett's discharge from the army, he had been staying in the Tennessee forest, living a self-sufficient and leisurely life.
But the good times did not last long.
After driving out the Indians, southern planters came and turned the wilderness into cotton fields. The government came forward to ban hunting and drive away the pioneers who came first.
In order to defend his ideals and life, Crockett ran for Congress.
I dare not think that in the summer of 1827, Crockett was elected as a member of Congress. Because his election manifesto was embraced.
He is going to Washington to speak out for the pioneers: the pioneers are the residents of the West, and the mountains, forests and wilderness are their source of livelihood. They have the right to purchase land at a reasonable price.
But this conflicted with the views of his old enemy, Jackson, and the southern planters.
At this time, Jackson was already very popular and was ready to sit on the presidential throne.
In the first 40 years, every president was born either in Massachusetts or Virginia . When Jackson won the victory in New Orleans, overnight, people thought that the War of Independence was over, a new era was coming, and the leaders of the M country should emerge from the newly expanded areas.
It's time for the country to change.
On December 3, 1828, Jackson was elected as the 7th president of Country M. Since him, all presidents of country M have come from civilian backgrounds.
During Jackson's term, Country M continued to expand westward, doubling its population basically every 20 years.
But Jackson felt that the Indians were still threatening the white people, so he came up with a trick.
On December 1, 1892, Jackson announced the "Indian Removal Act" in the Senate, which would force the relocation of 50,000 Indians from five tribes.
He clarified that the federal government will acquire Indian land, compensate for high-priced land, cover moving expenses, and provide new residences. The Indians were supposed to receive reparations and relocate to areas separated from the whites.
As a congressman, Crockett recalled Jackson's past massacre of Indians and believed that this was another ethnic cleansing.
He said: The only purpose of the Indian Removal Act is to allow Indians to leave their ancestral homes and migrate to the Oklahoma area 960 kilometers away. Make room for pioneers to enter. Turn land into commodities for sale.
Amy H. Sturgess, author of "The Biography of Tecumseh" said: Crockett's political career was on the line the moment he stood up to oppose the Indian Removal Act.
This bill determines the future direction of country M. The debate lasted for 5 months and caused great repercussions.
On May 26, 1930, the House of Representatives passed this bill. Crockett lost. The
Act was implemented. In the next 20 years, the Indians were escorted by soldiers to migrate, and more than 16,000 people died from plague, disease and climate on the way. Known as the Trail of Blood and Tears.
A scholar said: The "Indian Removal Act" was not only a major stain on the Jackson administration, but also a major stain on the history of Country M.
Sam W. Haynie, an scholar at the University of Texas at Arlington, said: My tribe was also forced to relocate, and we also went through the Trail of Blood and Tears. The Trail of Tears is the human tragedy caused by Jackson.
Jackson suddenly changed from a hero to a man who would do whatever it takes to achieve his goal. There is nothing in this world that he cannot do. The
bill was passed, but Jackson refused to let Crockett go. He wanted to drive him out of politics.
Amy H. Sturgess, author of "The Biography of Tecumseh", said that in Jackson's eyes, political differences were personal grudges. Just winning was not enough. The opponent must be completely defeated.
Jackson sent his subordinate William Fitzgerald to compete with Crockett in the Tennessee area. At the same time, newspapers across the country humiliated Crockett and falsely accused him of being an alcoholic, a gambler, and a womanizer.
Crockett was stunned and lost his career. Coupled with the fact that his wife ran away from home, the whole person became depressed.
However, he was so famous that a play "Lion of the West" based on him as a pioneer was performed in New York City. It made his life turn around.
In 1835, Crockett left Tennessee and headed to Texas, Mexico. His idea is very simple, he just hopes to put an end to the past and start over. Buy a piece of land, hunt again, explore, and then return to politics.
The Mexican government encourages immigration to increase the country's population. As long as they obey government jurisdiction, each household can purchase 1,620 hectares of land at a low price. By 1836, there were already 4,500 immigrants from Country M here.
Crockett was a huge hit in Texas. When they learned that he was coming, the streets in villages and towns were already lined with people lining up to welcome him.
But when he integrated into the local area, he found that Texas was already on the verge of turmoil.
The reason is that after several years of loose policies, Mexico's then-President Santa Anna suddenly strengthened immigration control and began to collect immigration weapons.
Most of the M people who settled in Texas made a living by hunting, so they refused to hand over their weapons. They were brewing an uprising and preparing for independence from Mexico. The slogan is "Give me liberty or give me death."
The Mexican government is convinced that this is the M government behind the scenes, so it will use force to suppress it.
The situation continues to heat up, just as a Halley's Comet streaks across the night sky. Crockett believed that God was in favor of the pioneers fighting for independence, so he immediately joined.
The "Texas War of Independence" is about to break out.
President Jackson, who was far away in Washington, followed the rebellion closely. He believed that annexing Texas to Country M would be another opportunity for expansion.
As early as when Mexico broke away from the Spanish colonists, Jackson proposed to buy Texas, but Mexico would not sell it.
was not for sale, so Jackson was thinking, how should I get it? How to get
? warmongers and generally start wars. But Jackson is no one-minded martial artist. This time, he wanted Texas to declare its own independence.
Therefore, the Mexican government’s concerns are not groundless.
In February 1836, 260 American militiamen who settled in Texas marched towards San Antonio, , and a 4,000-man Mexican army also came towards them. The two armies will fight fiercely at the Alamo, a Spanish castle.
This battle will make Crockett famous for a lifetime.
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Crockett and Jackson were both fellow townsmen and political enemies.
are all heroes who "started in the army", but they "have different paths and do not work together, but they all follow their own aspirations."
Crockett was originally a "loose person in Wollongong". He would get involved in big events, so he always rose to the occasion.
Jackson is a tiger and a wolf. He can sense opportunities from the clues of every incident, so he always takes the initiative to intervene.
As long as the mountains and rivers do not change, the opponent will encounter it.
Crockett's problem is that he sacrificed his life to serve the country, but he was too naive to avoid Jackson's plot. It's quite tragic to say that, but if he loses power in politics, he will also enjoy the freedom and happiness of hunting and pioneering.
And Jackson is the enemy of everyone in the world, anxious, cold, and calculating every minute. His happiness is only at the moment when greed brings gains.
Whether it is true or not, each has its own nature to determine its destiny.
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