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The Battle of Fallen Timbers - August 20, 1794

The Battle of Fallen Timbers - August 20, 1794

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Today in American Revolution History, August 20, 1794, the Battle of Fallen Timbers ends the Northwest Indian War and opens the Ohio territory to American settlement. At the end of the American Revolution, the Treaty of Paris stipulated that the British must abandon their forts north of the Ohio River and below the Great Lakes west to the Mississippi, turning this area over to the United States. This area was called the Northwest Territory.

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The Battle of Fallen Timbers - August 20, 1794

The Battle of Fallen Timbers - August 20, 1794

Dave Salvatore