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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Joseph Brant.
(b) George Morgan.
(c) Alexander McGillivray.
(d) William Johnson.

2. 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) Allimony.
(b) Forgery.
(c) Larceny.
(d) Bribery.

3. By way of the Walking Purchase, the Penn family and proprietors claimed an area of how many acres in Pennsylvania?
(a) 1,200,000.
(b) 600,000.
(c) 800,000.
(d) 200,000.

4. A speech was given by what Oneida Indian in Chapter 4, promising to uphold the peace between the tribe and the English, but questioning the English for using Indians to fight their wars for them?
(a) Cheda.
(b) La Barre.
(c) Gachadow.
(d) Garangula.

5. When was Phineas Stevens born?
(a) 1702.
(b) 1658.
(c) 1706.
(d) 1756.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Treaty of Lancaster was a treaty concluded between the Six Nations and the colonies of Virginia and what?

2. Colonel William Crawford was tortured and burnt at the stake by American Indians in retaliation for what incident?

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

4. George Washington became known by what nickname among the Native Americans for ordering the destruction of around forty Iroquois towns during the Revolutionary War?

5. In the "Act of Submission" printed in Chapter 3, the Native American tribe formally submitted themselves as subjects of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the Cherokee Indians impacted by the American Revolution? What rift took place amongst the tribe?

2. Who did the Chickasaw Indians make a speech to in Chapter 4? Why?

3. In what action was Joseph Brant instrumental during the American Revolution?

4. What was the subject of the speech by the Oneida Indians in Chapter 5? What was the outcome for these people in the war?

5. What became of White Eyes and the Delaware Indians in 1782?

6. What text included in Chapter 3 relates the account of Penobscot? What does it concern?

7. Why did Minavavana scold the British in his speech in Chapter 4?

8. What text in Chapter 4 describes the motivations of the French to the Iroquois? What is the response to this text?

9. When did Pontiac's War take place? What results arose from the war?

10. What disputes led to the Indian Nonintercourse Act? When was it signed into law?

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