American Indians
Colonizing NC
Backcountry
Settling the Mountains
American Revolution
100
Andrew Jackson signed this act in 1830 to gain Indian lands.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
100
She granted Sir Walter Raleigh permission to establish a colony in the New World.
Who is Queen Elizabeth?
100
Pioneers travelling from Pennsylvania to NC’s Backcountry used this road.
What is the Great Wagon Road?
100
This guide helped widen the trails through the NC mountains to make travel easier for settlers.
Who is Daniel Boone?
100
By 1750, there were thirteen of these established along the east coast of North America.
What are colonies?
200
The US Army forced 17,000 Cherokee to move west of the Mississippi River. About 4,000 died on this journey.
What is the Trail of Tears?
200
She was the first English child born in NC.
Who is Virginia Dare?
200
This group of German settlers established Old Salem.
Who are the Moravians?
200
This was the name given to the trail Daniel Boone helped widen for travel.
What is the Wilderness Road?
200
This war broke out because Canada and Louisiana were fighting for land in the Ohio Valley.
What is the French and Indian War?
300
This was the largest American Indian tribe in North Carolina.
Who are the Cherokee?
300
This group of wealthy landowners governed the Carolina Colony.
Who are the Lords Proprietors?
300
The Great Wagon Road ran along this mountain range into NC.
What are the Blue Ridge Mountains?
300
This town, that once belonged to the Cherokee, became a center of government for settlers in the Mountain Region.
What is Asheville?
300
England attempted to recover lost money from the war by passing new tax laws on these three items.
What are paint, tea, and glass?
400
Depending on the region, American Indians lived in one of these types of homes.
What are wigwams, longhouses, and hogans?
400
In 1729, Carolina became one of these, a colony ruled by a King.
What is a royal colony?
400
Most groups that moved into NC’s Backcountry practiced this religion.
What is Christianity?
400
Pioneers in the mountains entertained themselves with any of these.
What are storytelling, music, and dancing?
400
The Edenton Tea Party was led by this North Carolina woman.
Who is Penelope Barker?
500
Most tribes lived near water so this means of hunting was a very important trade.
What is fishing?
500
This person was the first governor of the Roanoke Colony.
Who is Ralph Lane?
500
Moravian children were this age when they went to special skills to learn trades.
What is 14?
500
Pioneers in the mountains built these for several generations of family to live in.
What are shacks or cabins?
500
This group of colonists stayed loyal to Britain during the American Revolution.
Who are the Loyalists?
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