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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Walking Purchase was a purported agreement between the Penn family and what native tribe?
(a) The Iriquois Indians.
(b) The Delaware Indians.
(c) The Apache Indians.
(d) The Cherokee Indians.

2. In what year did a Delaware chief named John Killbuck make a speech correctly doubting that the white man will be satisfied with the Ohio River boundary?
(a) 1771.
(b) 1768.
(c) 1802.
(d) 1769.

3. Chief Pontiac was a leader of what Native American tribe?
(a) The Ouachita people.
(b) The Apache people.
(c) The Ottawa people.
(d) The Cherokee people.

4. In what year was the Treaty of Fort Stanwix concluded between the Iroquois and English delegate Sir William Johnson?
(a) 1737.
(b) 1746.
(c) 1768.
(d) 1802.

5. When was Joseph Brant born?
(a) 1762.
(b) 1743.
(c) 1701.
(d) 1708.

6. Deliberations on the Treaty of Lancaster ended on what date?
(a) November 23, 1746.
(b) July 4, 1744.
(c) June 12, 1754.
(d) October 15, 1669.

7. Who were the Iroquois allied with in the American Revolutionary War?
(a) The Spanish.
(b) The British.
(c) The French.
(d) The Americans.

8. An Onondaga Indian named what delivered several powerful speeches at the Treaty of Lancaster conference?
(a) Joseph Brant.
(b) Atiwaneto.
(c) Canasatego.
(d) Penobscot.

9. The Treaty of Lancaster was a treaty concluded between the Six Nations and the colonies of Virginia and what?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Delaware.
(d) Maryland.

10. What refers to the crime of falsely making or altering a writing by which the legal rights or obligations of another person are apparently affected?
(a) Larceny.
(b) Allimony.
(c) Forgery.
(d) Bribery.

11. In what year did the Delaware Indians give a speech stating their belief that the English caused the French and Indian War, as described in Chapter 4?
(a) 1763.
(b) 1758.
(c) 1754.
(d) 1756.

12. Where was Colonel William Crawford born?
(a) New York, New York.
(b) Boston, Massachusetts.
(c) Orange County, Virginia.
(d) Cambridge, Massachusetts.

13. The Indian Nonintercourse Act declared that all Indian land deals were invalid unless they occurred with what?
(a) Judicial approval.
(b) Presidential approval.
(c) Popular vote.
(d) Congressional approval.

14. The French and Indian War began in what year?
(a) 1763.
(b) 1759.
(c) 1754.
(d) 1758.

15. What was the name of the governor of New France who traveled to Iroquois country to try to bluff his way to making the Iroquois stop trading with the English?
(a) Cardieux.
(b) Baraux.
(c) La Barre.
(d) La Belle.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what year was it clear the French were defeated by the English, and that Indians allied with the French were soon going to have to deal with the English, according to the author in Chapter 4?

2. The older generation of Cherokee who were resigned to making peace were represented by whom during the American Revolutionary War?

3. In Chapter 3, Penobscot recounted his part in the negotiations, in which he never stated anything about handing over land but only that he wished for what?

4. When did the American Revolutionary War end?

5. In a speech from 1756, the leaders of what tribe, known for their ferocious fights against the French, plead for support in fighting the French?

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