In the Begining
Famous Hoosiers
State Info
Acts
Just for Fun
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Who was the first White Man in Indiana?
Robert La Salle
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born in Newcastle, Indiana in 1867
Wilbur Wright
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This was discovered near Portland, Indiana. The northeast side of the state saw growth centered around this new energy resource. The Indiana state government offered free gas (to run machinery and other things) to factories
Natural Gas
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An act that raised tax revenue in the colonies for the crown. It also increased the duty on foreign sugar imported from the West Indies. , The seven years war ran a huge debt for England who felt the colonists should help pay so the English parliament constructed this law
Sugar Act of 1764
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Nickname
Hoosiers
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Who discovered the St. Lawrence River?
French explorer, Jacques Cartier
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The most famous glass manufacturer created by these Brothers in Muncie
Ball Glass Jars
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Year Indiana became a state
1816
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Parliament's first direct tax on the Colonies; taxed newspapers, pamphlets, legal documents, dice and playing cards
Stamp Act
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Name 3 types of meat hunted
deer, bison, rabbit
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ended the Native American uprising and allowed the Americans to take full control of all of Indiana. (Hint: Name of our County)
The Battle of Tippecanoe
300
successfully road tested his first automobile in Kokomo
Elwood Haynes
300
State Flower
Peony
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Act forcing colonists to house and supply British troops/forces in the colonies; created more resentment; seen as assault on liberties..
Quartering Act of 1765
300
What was the occupation of the first white men in Indiana. (Frenchmen)
Fur Trappers/ Traders
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Prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains, colonists werent allowed to settle of buy land there, this led to outrage in the 13 colonies
Proclamation Line of 1763
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Defeated Hamilton at Fort Sackville, Vincennes
George Rogers Clark
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State Bird
Cardinal
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British response to the Boston Tea Party; blockaded Boston Harbor, eliminated the Massachusetts charter of government, dissolved the New York Assembly; Boston Port Bill: closed port of Boston; Administration of Justice: trials of royal officials be held in Britain; Massachusetts Government Act: greatly limited citizens' rights to organize freely; replaced judiciary with Crown appointees
Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts of 1774
400
Name of our Vice President
Mike Pence
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Name 3 Indian Tribes in Indiana
Chippewa Iroquois Kickapoo Miami Potawatomi Wyandot
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His initial innovation of gelatin-coating for pills led to a rapid growth of the company that eventually developed as Indiana's largest corporation
Eli Lilly
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This fort was constructed in Indiana around 1720
Fort Ouiatenon
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In 1763 both France and England signed a treaty called
the Treaty of Paris
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This was first held on Memorial Day of 1911 and still occurs every Memorial Day weekend
Indy 500
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