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George Rogers Clark

George Rogers Clark. By: Matthew Nunn. Early Life to Kentucky. Born November 19, 1752 in Albemarle County Virginia. Education Captain in Dunsmore’s War. Clark in Kentucky. Move to Kentucky. Made a delegate to make Kentucky a county to Virginia. Get gunpowder for Kentucky.

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George Rogers Clark

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  1. George Rogers Clark By: Matthew Nunn

  2. Early Life to Kentucky • Born November 19, 1752 in Albemarle County Virginia. • Education • Captain in Dunsmore’s War.

  3. Clark in Kentucky • Move to Kentucky. • Made a delegate to make Kentucky a county to Virginia. • Get gunpowder for Kentucky.

  4. Illinois Campaign • Gets approval from Virginia government. • Raised the Illinois Regiment. • Camp at Falls of the Ohio. • Capture Kaskaskia. • Peaceful submission of Cahokia and Vincennes.

  5. Made peace with the Native Americans. • Initiation of contact with Native Americans. • Treaties at Cahokia and Vincennes. • Peace with all of the tribes in the region.

  6. Vincennes • Lieutenant Governor Hamilton retake Vincennes. • Clark’s march to the Wabash. • Crossing the Wabash River. • March to Vincennes.

  7. Vincennes • Battle for Fort Sackville. • Hamilton surrenders. • Aftermath.

  8. The end of the Revolution • 1780 Campaigns. • Clark made a Brigadier General. • Lochry’s Defeat. • End of the American Revolution. • Battle of Blue Licks and Piqua

  9. Life after the Revolution • 1786 Campaign. • Clark debt takes toll. • Clark made a Major General in the French Army. • Loss of health. • Clark died on February 13, 1818 in Locust Grove, Kentucky.

  10. Legacy • Northwest Territory. • State made from the Northwest Territory. • http://www.nps.gov/gero/index.htm • Counties, towns, and schools named after Clark.

  11. Work Cited • Bakeless, John E. Background to Glory: The Life of George Rogers Clark. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1957. • Clark, George Rogers. Col. George Rogers Clark's Sketch of His Campaign in the Illinois ... And an Appendix Containing the Public and Private Instructions to Col. Clark, and Major Bowman's Journal of the Taking of Post St. Vincents. 1869. Reprint, New York: Arno Press, 1971. • Clark, George Rogers. The Capture of OldVincennes: The Original Narratives of George Rogers Clark and of His Opponent Gov. Henry Hamilton. Milo M. Quaife, ed. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1927. • James, James Alton. The Life of George Rogers Clark. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1928.

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