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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Congress issue the United States Declaration of Independence?
(a) June 14, 1777.
(b) July 14, 1776.
(c) July 4, 1776.
(d) October 1, 1774.

2. What act among Indian tribes was a crucial part of any diplomatic efforts, as it symbolized friendship and sincerity?
(a) Ritual sacrifice.
(b) Gift giving.
(c) Sharing tea.
(d) Totem sharing.

3. In the first text from Chapter 5, Oneida Indians express their desire to remain neutral in the conflict in a speech to whom?
(a) Jonathan Trumbull.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Joseph Brant.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

4. What refers to a writing or document executed under seal and delivered to effect a conveyance, especially of real estate?
(a) Deed.
(b) Forgery.
(c) Contraband.
(d) Warranty.

5. Phineas Stevens had been captured by what tribe at a young age and had learned their customs and language?
(a) The Abenaki people.
(b) The Apaches.
(c) The Catawbas.
(d) The Cherokee.

6. Dragging Canoe led Cherokee Indians inclined to fight whom during the American Revolutionary War?
(a) The British.
(b) Canadians.
(c) The French.
(d) Americans.

7. Delaware Indians strenuously denied the accuracy of the treaty called the Treaty of Fort Pitt in a letter to what American Indian agent in Chapter 5?
(a) William Johnson.
(b) Alexander McGillivray.
(c) George Morgan.
(d) Joseph Brant.

8. Chief Pontiac was born in approximately what year?
(a) 1708.
(b) 1700.
(c) 1720.
(d) 1763.

9. In Chapter 4, a Cayuga chief described what tribe as warlike and treacherous, when in reality they were peace-loving?
(a) The Delaware Indians.
(b) The Apaches.
(c) The Catawbas.
(d) The Cherokee.

10. Joseph Mittark was accused of illegitimately selling the lands of his people to the governor of what state?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) New York.
(d) Illinois.

11. Joseph Mittark was the sachem of what tribe?
(a) The Apache Indians.
(b) The Gay Head Indians.
(c) The Cherokee Indians.
(d) The Delaware Indians.

12. 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?
(a) The Chickasaw Indians.
(b) The Catawbas.
(c) The Abenaki people.
(d) The Apaches.

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

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

15. In the "Act of Submission" printed in Chapter 3, the Native American tribe formally submitted themselves as subjects of what?
(a) The French Crown.
(b) The English Crown.
(c) The Spanish Crown.
(d) The American President.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Colonel William Crawford die?

2. Where was Phineas Stevens born?

3. The Walking Purchase was a purported agreement from what year?

4. In 2004, the Delaware Nation filed suit against Pennsylvania in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, seeking how many acres included in the Walking Purchase?

5. One instance of land abuse was the "guardian system," put in place by Massachusetts in what year?

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