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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. 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. 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?

3. When was Joseph Brant born?

4. In 1778, a chief named what, ceding no land, allowed Americans to cross Delaware country?

5. Dragging Canoe led Cherokee Indians inclined to fight whom during the American Revolutionary War?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. In what text is the Treaty of Fort Pitt discussed in Chapter 5? What did this treaty entail?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the text of Mary Jemison in Chapter 2. How did Jemison feel about her captors? How did this relationship change?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Columbus' journey to the Americas, the subsequent European colonization of the continent, and the culture and customs of Native Americans prior to and post European colonization. How does the reality of Native American civilization differ from the Eurocentric viewpoint?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the Native American perspective of land and the European view. How did this cultural difference influence the land deals between Indians and colonists?

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