Mine! Mine! Mine!
What Christopher Columbus was trying to "discover."
A way to get to India.
The nickname for British troops because of their fashion choices.
Redcoats
The country the US purchased The Louisiana Territory from.
France
Missouri could not join the US when it first wanted to for this reason.
There were 11 free states and 11 slave states, and if Missouri joined as a slave state it would tip the power.
The name of one of Missouri's seven Indian Tribes
Osage, Missouria, Oto, Illini, Quapaw, Chickasaw, Ioway
3 European countries that claimed different parts of the "New World" (even though people already lived there!)
Spain, France, England
The document written by Thomas Jefferson, claiming freedom from England.
The Declaration of Independence
The price of the Louisiana Territory
15 million dollars ($15,000,000) or 3 cents per acre
This state joined the US as a free state, allowing Missouri to join as a slave state and keeping the balance equal.
Maine
The state the the Osage Indians were "relocated" to and now live in on a reservation.
Oklahoma
A main Indian tribe that lived in the land that is now Missouri and were pressured into leaving after the US claimed the Territory as their own.
The Osage Indians
The type of warfare the British troops were used to. If the colonists hadn't changed the game, they would have lost.
The redcoats were used to fighting in an open field, marching towards each other in lines, and firing at the enemy repeatedly until one side surrendered.
(open field, walk walk walk, bang bang bang, die die die)
Napolean hurt American business by doing this.
Shutting down New Orleans to US traders
Daniel Boone
The animal that the US settlers hunted to near-extinction to pressure the Osage to give up their land.
buffalo/bison
The leaders of the expedition that explored the Louisiana Territory and went all the way to the Pacific Ocean, discovering new plants and animals along the way.
Merriweather Lewis and William Clark
The winner of the Revolutionary War
The United States of America
The Louisiana purchase did this to the size of the United States.
The US doubled in size
Missouri's oldest city
Saint Genevieve
The sad name of the path the Cherokee Indians were forced to walk when they were removed from their home.
Trail of Tears
What land did Robert Cavalier la seur de la Salle claim for France?
The Louisiana Territory or all the land that touched all the rivers that ran into the Mississippi River
The King of England at the time of the American Revolution
King George
Thomas Jefferson
2 reasons/resources that made Missouri a desirable place for settlers to live.
fur, salt, lead for bullets, to spread Christianity
The name of an agreement between two nations, we made (and broke) a lot of them with Indian nations.
treaties