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Southwest States
100
What did Native Americans trade with Europeans that became big business?
furs
100
Who built Wilderness Road to allow passage through the Cumberland Gap?
Daniel Boone
100
What is the name for men who went on long hunting trips to explore land and gather information?
Longhunters
100
What that is #4?
Texas
200
Some tribes aligned with Europeans to get ___________.
supplies
200
Who began the Watauga Settlement near the Watauga River?
William Bean
200
Treaties between Native Americans and colonists slowly pushed Native American tribes in what direction?
West
200
What that is #4?
Oklahoma
300
Tribes provided and received _______________ support from European countries with which they had alliances.
military
300
Who named the Cumberland Gap?
Dr. Thomas Walker
300
The Watauga Settlement provided the foundation for what state?
Tennessee
300
What that is #2?
New Mexico
400
Several ________________ were made that set boundaries between settler and indigenous lands.
treaties
400
Who was the first white settler in Middle Tennessee?
Thomas Sharpe Spencer
400
Give two reasons why life on the frontier was hard/dangerous.
-People did not know how to stay healthy and clean
-Everything had to be made by hand
400
What that is #1?
Arizona
500
Name 3 ways that culture was exchanged between settlers and Native Americans
Native Americans caught settlers how to:
-trap furs
-grow crops
-live in the wilderness
Some settlers married Native Americans
Missionaries came to teach Native Americans about their religions
500
Who discovered coal in Kentucky?
Dr. Thomas Walker
500
Name 3 reasons why people wanted to move west.
-To start a new life
-There was more land to own
-To find fertile land for farming
-There were less people in the west