Unit 3: Fight for the Continent



Unit 3: Fight for the Continent

Study Guide

FAMOUS PEOPLE: Fill in the blank with the name of the individual who best completes the description.

1. showed the Pilgrims where to hunt and fish and grow certain crops.

2. helped keep the peace between the Powhatan Indians and the Jamestown settlers.

3. was the Shawnee Chief who led American Indian resistance in the Ohio River Valley.

4. was the Cherokee Chief who resisted the removal of his people from Georgia.

5. was a Cherokee who developed an alphabet and writing system for his people.

6. was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who ruled the Cherokee had the right to control their lands.

Vocabulary: Please study your 8 spelling words from this unit. On the test, there is a matching section. You will match the vocabulary word to the definition.

conflict rivalry ally massacre act assimilate treaty raw materials

7. Place these events in the correct order - Trail of Tears, Battle of Tippecanoe, Indian Removal Act, defeat of Chief Logan.

8. What event was the last armed American Indian resistance to U.S. Rule – Wounded Knee massacre, Trail of Tears, Sand Creek massacre or Treaty of Doak’s Stand?

9. Some American Indians traded furs to the French and Dutch. What items did they get in return?

10. How did Europeans protect their land claims and resources?

11. What did American Indians teach the European colonists to do?

12. What was the goal of many treaties with American Indians?

13. Place these European Settlements in the order in which they were founded – St. Augustine, New Amsterdam, Jamestown, Quebec, Spanish Mission, California.

14. Which of these events happened last – the signing of the Treaty of Soak’s Stand, the United States began signing treaties, the Choctaw moved west, or the United States won its independence ?

15. Where did the Powhatan Wars occur?

16. Why do you think the French and English had conflicts over their early

settlements in North America?

17. Who do you think gained more from the interaction between the American Indians and the earliest European settlers in North America? Why?

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