How long ago were the first native americans living in Michigan?
What is over 10,000 years ago.
100
Who was involved in the fur trade?
What is Native Americans and the French.
100
Who was involved in the French and Indian War?
What is French, Native Americans, British
100
Who were the pioneers
What is people who came to Michigan to find a new life and settle.
200
What do historians do?
What is study the past.
200
What did Native Americans leave behind?
What is spears, arrowheads.
200
Where did a lot of the voyageurs travel from during the Fur Trade?
What is Europe. (France)
200
How did the war begin?
What is the British were getting jealous that the French were making a lot of money during the Fur Trade. The French did not want to give up the Fur Trade so the British declared war.
200
What were the two places in Michigan that most of the pioneers settled?
What is Detroit and Mackinac Island.
300
Why are historians so much like detectives?
What is they look for clues to understand the past.
300
Name the three different types of fiers.
What is Potawatomi, Ottawa, and the Ojibway
300
How long would it take a voyageur to travel during the Fur Trade and what did they do to entertain themselves?
What is 18 hours a day. They sang songs and told stories.
300
What did the French decide to do in order to protect themselves?
What is they built forts to protect themselves from the British attacking them.
300
Why did population grow very slowly in Michigan
What is not much of Michigan had been surveyed. Early surveys had said that the land was unhealthy, there wasn't a lot of land for people to farm and settle, there would be no good life for pioneers to settle.
400
What are the two type of sources historians use to study the past?
What is primary and secondary sources.
400
One of the earliest native americans built mounds. What are mounds and what did they use them for.
What is mounds are similar to coffins where they bury the dead. They also used to bury jewelry and important artifacts with the body.
400
Name 5 things that were traded among the Native Americans and the French.
What is beaver fur, sack of wild rice, white fish, bear grease, deerskin, lacing snowshoes, looking glass, hatchet, blanket, cotton shirt, pots, cooking tools.
400
Explain in detail who won the war and how?
What is the British won the war. They were losing at first because the native americans sided with the French. When the British general realized they were losing, he sent over more soldiers to help out the British allowing them to win the war.
400
Why were rivers so important to pioneers 200 years ago?
What is rivers were the only source of water supply. They needed it to cook, bathe, drink, easily travel across the shore.
500
What is the difference between primary and secondary sources?
What is primary sources are sources that are taken at the sight by the actual historian (pictures, notes) and secondary sources are sources you find on the internet and in the textbook to search information.
500
What was so special about the three fiers?
What is they used to make maple syrup from scratch, weave baskets, hunted, built their own homes using sticks, hay, log walls, and animal skin. Some lived in wigwams.
500
name 3 reasons why the Native Americans chose to trade with only the French.
What is they were very nice to them, French gave them gifts, French learned their language, French married some native American women, and they knew the French were not trying to claim their land. They trusted them.
500
Explain in detail what was the outcome of the war.
What is when British won the war, the French was forced to give up their territory including Canada. The 13 colonies became part of the United States of America.
500
Name 3 ways how pioneer life was so difficult.
What is there weren't many roads so many can get lost, there were wild animals that were dangerous, there were no bridges, it took 50-60 trees to make a log cabin, rocky, muddy roads.