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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Penobscot participated in a land negotiation for an area called what in present-day Maine?

2. 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?

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

4. When did Colonel William Crawford die?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What Native American spoke at the Treaty of Lancaster conference? What is reprinted of this speaker in Chapter 3?

4. Who is berated in a speech by Atiwaneto in Chapter 4? Why?

5. When was the Treaty of Fort Stanwix signed? Who opposed it?

6. How does the author describe the many land deeds in colonial America in Chapter 3?

7. What did Minavavana reject in his speech in Chapter 4? When was this speech given?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Samson Occom and Reverend Eleazar Wheelock. When and where were each of these individuals born? What impact did each have on the Native American community?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the housing structures and villages established amongst the Native American tribes. How much variance was there in housing structure?

Essay Topic 3

Describe John Norton and his relationship to the Iroquois people. When did Norton's creation story from Chapter 1 originate?

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