Fur Trade
In the summer, traders, clerks, voyageurs, and some American Indians met at the “rendezvous” to exchange goods and furs.
True/False
Because the treaties were written in the 1800's they don't not apply today
True or False
FALSE
Name the Three branches of Government
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
How did the Fitzgerald sink?
We don't know
They used their knowledge of multiple languages to help with trade.
Interpreters
The U.S. Government built Fort Snelling to protect the local fur trade from the British.
True/False
True
Who was the first territorial Governor of Minnesota
Alexander Ramsay
Who was the captain of the Fitzgerald
Captain Ernest Mcsorley
What type of was seen as valuable to Europeans?
Beaver Fur
A treaty is a verbal agreement with 4 different parties
True/False
False
What can a Govenor do if they don't like a law that passed both the Reps and the Senate
Veto
What was the first sign of distress from the Fitzgerald
They were taking on water or had a list
What did it mean to own a Beaver fur hat?
Showed high status and rich
What two treaties were the biggest that contributed to making Minnesota
Travese De Souix and Mendota
What can a Governor do if he wants a law passed quicker
Create an executive order
What was the ship that was following the Fitzgerald
The Arthur M Anderson
Canoes
Why did the U.S. Government want land from the American Indians?
So they could sell it to the German Government
So there would be more land available for settlers as a result of westward expansion
So they could build more fur trading posts
None of the above
So there would be more land available for settlers as a result of westward expansion
How is a bill Made into a law in Minnesota?
House of Rep->Senate->Governor
What were the last words from the Edmund Fitzgerald
"We are holding our own"