In 1607 the French began to worry because __________ were starting to move into Michigan and Canada.
What is the British
100
What was one of the few things voyageurs could do to have fun and pass time?
What is sing songs
100
What was the fate of Lasalles's prized ship?
What is it sunk/disappeared
100
What Ottawa Chief attempted to take over Fort Detroit?
What is Chief Pontiac
100
What did natives do to attempt to take over Fort Michilimackinac?
What is fake lacrosse game
200
What was the name of the British company that was formed by two Frenchmen, and looked to make big money in the trade business in Michigan/Canada
What is Hudson Bay Company
200
what is it called when there is an area in a river that in impossible to navigate and the voyageurs had to carry their canoes around the rapids/obstacle?
What is a portage
200
How did Lasalle get back to Montreal?
What is walked
200
Why were Native Americans mad about the British taking over?
What is lack of trading/poor treatment
200
Who was the colonist who was in charge of attempting to conquer Fort Detroit?
What is George Rogers Clark
300
Where did the French decide to proclaim their control over northern Michigan to many Native Americans from as far away as Green Bay? (city still today)
What is Sault Ste. Marie
300
Who was Lasalle's right hand man? (he had an iron hand!)
What is Henri de Tonti
300
Who was the founder of Fort Pontchartrain? (Detroit)
What is Antoine de Cadillac
300
What was the purpose of the French and Indian War?
What is take control of land west of the Appalachian Mts.
300
Who was known as the "hair buyer?'
What is Henry Hamilton
400
What famous explorer is well known for traveling through Michigan, and most well known for his journey down the Mississippi River?
What is Lasalle
400
What was the name of Lasalle's ship built to travel the Great Lakes?
What is the Griffon
400
What does Detroit mean in French?
What is narrow area of river/narrow straits
400
What was the Proclamation of 1763
What is keep colonists out of the west
400
What was significant on the Natives attempt to take Fort Detroit?
What is longest Native American Siege 153 days
500
How did LaSalle learn of the "great sea" he may find if he followed this "new river" route?
What is learned from Iroquois Indians
500
What major fort in SW Michigan is Lasalle responsible for building?
What is Fort Miami (St. Joseph)
500
What made Detroit different than any other French settlement?
What is families settled there
500
What was the Quebec Act? Give 2 specifics.
What is please the French
-Catholicism
-French Laws
-British appointed leaders
500
How did the British recruit Native Americans to fight colonists