1700's
Why did most people stay close to home during the 1700's?
Because transportation was difficult.
Why did Daniel Boone become the most famous of the pioneers?
Because he was the driving force to finding the route through the Appalachian Mountains.
Explain the word frontier.
An area of land that is unsettled but is inhabited by a few people.
The gap was widened by Daniel Boone's crew.
Daniel Boone's fur trapping business
In the 1700's what was the last year that settlers were British citizens?
1775
Name the two states in which Boone lived.
Born in Pennsylvania
Lived in North Carolina
Name the two obstacles that prevented the pioneers from crossing into the western frontier.
1. The physical barrier of the Appalachian Mountains
2. The British preventing the pioneers from going.
After crossing the Wilderness Trail into the frontier, what two states did the pioneers land in?
Describe a pioneer.
People who are the first to try or do something.
In the 1700's who does our chapter say had conflicts with the Native Americans?
British
Explain how Daniel Boone was self reliant.
He would live for long periods in the wilderness with only his rifle and kill and cook his own food.
What in the western frontier did the British fear and why?
Conflicts with the Native Americans because they had a conflict/ war with Indian tribes.
On which river did many pioneers crossed the Wilderness Trail?
Ohio River
Explain why pioneers on the frontier must be self-reliant.
Because the frontier is not settled and the pioneers must learn to do most things for themselves.
The most important year for Americans in the 1700's?
1776 Because the United States becomes an independent country.
Name all the jobs that Daniel Boone had in our chapter?
hunter, trapper, businessman, farmer, clearing the road into the Appalachian gap?
Who is most responsible for opening the western frontier to the population and why?
Many pioneers moved even farther north of the Ohio River into an area called ___________________.
Northwest Territory
In our chapter, where does the frontier begin?
Where the American settlements end.
Name the three reasons that people risked heading west in the 1700's?
1. new farm land
2. adventure
3. to get a fresh start
Identify Boonsboro?
The settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains founded by Daniel Boone.
Name the three types of transportation during this frontier time?
1. Walking
2. four legged animals pulling wagons
3. waterways
Explain the phrase "water highways." Name the two major rivers that become water highways.
There were so many boats on the water moving farm products to market that the rivers were as busy as a highway on land.
narrow pass