http://historyexplorer.si.edu/rss?key=resourcesSmithsonian's History Explorer Resources Related To "Creek War Flag"http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=1007http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=1007<p>Coveting what remained of the Indian lands in the Southeast and lower South, the United States forced tribes to cede their "rights of occupancy" and give up their ancestral homelands.&nbsp;Students will learn about the Creek Indian War and the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, and the policies that led to the Trail of Tears, one of the most tragic episodes in American history in this section of the online exhibition,&nbsp;<em>Price of Freedom: Americans at War</em>.&nbsp;A non-flash version of this page&nbsp;is available: <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/printable/section.asp?id=3">Eastern Indian Wars</a>.</p>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:10:56 GMThttp://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=2093http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=2093<p>Using objects, images and short biographical sketches, this website&nbsp;teaches students how West Point Graduates played a major role in westward expansion and the development of the nation's transportation network and advances in technology between 1802 and 1860.&nbsp;West Pointers helped lay the groundwork for America's economic development, intellectual growth and territorial expansion in the years before the Civil War.&nbsp;<em>The Antebellum Army</em> is part of the online exhibition, <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/westpoint/index.html">West Point in the Making of America</a>.</p>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:56:00 GMT