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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. The first text reprinted in Chapter 3 is a "Act of Submission" written by what tribe?

2. What was the name of an Onondaga who gave the governor of New France a speech, essentially calling his bluff, in Chapter 4?

3. Pontiac's War was launched in what year?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Native American response to the Peace of Paris? Why?

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

3. How is the "guardian system" described in Chapter 3? When and where was it enacted?

4. What did the Native Americans feel about the French and Indian War? What is revealed in a 1758 speech about the war in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the devastation of the Native American community due to smallpox, measles and other disease brought from the Old World. How many Native American tribes were wiped out completely by disease?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the text of the Micmac Indian in Chapter 2. What elements of European culture are criticized by the Native American and why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the effects of European trade on the Native Americans. Why did the trade industry have such a devastating effect on the population?

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