Native Americans
French
Pioneer Life/Coming to MI
Dates
Misc.
100
Why were the Potawatomi. Ojibwa, and Odawa called the Three Fires?
Similar customs, foods/homes, and languages
100
Who came to the Great Lakes region first?
French Explorers
100
What was the reason that settlement in Michigan was slow at first?
Transportation
100
The French and Indian War
1754-1763
100
What is the name of someone who studies the past?
A Historian
200
When crops failed and the hunting and fishing were poor, the Indians survived by
trading
200
What did the French want from China? What were they looking for?
silks and spices
200
For MI to become a state we needed what 3 things
60,000 people, resolution to Toledo Strip, and a constitution
200
Fur trade
1600s
200
After the war, how did the British and Native Americans get along?
conflicts, problems
300
The American Indians used __________ to teach lessons, explain things, and pass along history.
Legends
300
What did the French find instead? Why did they want this so bad?
Beaver furs because there was a scarcity of them in France
300
More people moved and settled in Michigan when what opened?
Erie Canal
300
Michigan becoming a state
1837
300
When tribes only have one main food that they grow, they __________ on that one crop growing well.
depend
400
How did the Three Fires adapt to their environment?
1. ate good around them 2. moved to meet needs 3. made house/villages out of NR
400
Why did the French set up Fort in Detroit?
Protection from British and so that French could continue to control the trade and not let the British control
400
Tribes that speak the same _________ will be able to communicate better with other tribes that speak the same ____________.
Language
500
How did life become easier for Michigan Tribes after they traded with the French?
hunting, everyday life, and food/cooking
500
What was the name of the war that started because the British decided to take control of the fur trade?
French and Indian War
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