Anglo-Cherokee War
Conflict between British forces and Cherokee bands in North America from 1758 to 1761 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Anglo-Cherokee War (1758–1761; in the Cherokee language: the "war with those in the red coats" or "War with the English"), was also known from the Anglo-European perspective as the Cherokee War, the Cherokee Uprising, or the Cherokee Rebellion. The war was a conflict between British forces in North America and Cherokee bands during the French and Indian War.
Anglo-Cherokee War | |||||||
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Part of the Seven Years' War | |||||||
After the Anglo-Cherokee War, bitterness remained between the two groups. In 1762, Henry Timberlake took three of the former Cherokee adversaries to London to help cement the newly declared friendship | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Cherokee | Great Britain | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Attakullakulla Oconostota |
William Henry Lyttelton Archibald Montgomerie James Grant |
The British and the Cherokee had been allies at the start of the war, but each party had suspected the other of betrayals. Tensions between British-American settlers and Cherokee warriors of towns that the pioneers encroached on had increased during the 1750s, culminating in open hostilities in 1758.