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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. In what year was the Treaty of Fort Stanwix concluded between the Iroquois and English delegate Sir William Johnson?
2. Phineas Stevens had been captured by what tribe at a young age and had learned their customs and language?
3. When was Dragging Canoe born?
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 Indian Nonintercourse Act was passed by the United States Congress beginning in what year?
Short Essay Questions
1. How were the Cherokee Indians impacted by the American Revolution? What rift took place amongst the tribe?
2. Describe the Walking Purchase of 1737. Who was affected by this deal?
3. Who did the Chickasaw Indians make a speech to in Chapter 4? Why?
4. How is the American strategy for dealing with the Indians during the American Revolution described in Chapter 5? What founding fathers are discussed?
5. What disputes led to the Indian Nonintercourse Act? When was it signed into law?
6. How is the "guardian system" described in Chapter 3? When and where was it enacted?
7. What was the Native American response to the Peace of Paris? Why?
8. 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?
9. What text in Chapter 4 describes the motivations of the French to the Iroquois? What is the response to this text?
10. When did Pontiac's War take place? What results arose from the war?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the history and origins of storytelling in Native American culture. In what ways do the structures of Native American folktales and myths relate to European and other narrative structures?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the impact of European political systems on Native American culture. How did the political structure of Native American civilization change as a result of European influence?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the journey of the Kasihtas in Chekilli's creation story. How does the plight of the tribe metaphorically relate to the plight of Native Americans in the face of colonization?
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