Competition For Control
A settler in or inhabitant of a colony.
Colonists
a member of a confederacy of American Indian people of southeastern Massachusetts
Wampanoag
A formally concluded agreement between countries.
Treaty
A member of a former confederacy of North American Indian peoples originally comprising the Five Nations
Iroquois
A law signed by President Andrew Jackson, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands, and order all Indian nations to move west.
Indian Removal Act
What is an indentured servant?
A person that worked for their trip to the colonies.
A Native American tribe that inhabited current-day Connecticut
Pequot
Intrusion on a person's territory or rights.
Encroachment
Who did the French model their battle tactics after?
Native Americans
The Cherokee nation were forced from their homes and migrated to present-day Oklahoma.
Trial of Tears
What was the main item used for trade?
What is the King Philip’s War known as?
Metacom’s War
Why did the Powhatan Wars occur?
The Native Americans didn’t like the location of Jamestown.
Where did both the British and French claim land?
Ohio River Valley
How long did the Indians have to move to their new territory?
2 years
Why did people move to the Americas?
They hoped to find gold, riches, and land. They also wanted to escape diseases and poverty. They wanted to spread their religion.
Why would the Native American tribes fight with the British against the colonists?
They didn't want the colonists stealing their land. They thought the colonists would move on rather than settle in the Americas.
Why do you think it was problematic that the colonists settled on Powhatan land?
The colonists assumed they could take ownership of the land. It belonged to the Native Americans.
How did William Pitt change his approach to war?
He committed to spending however much money he needed to, to win the war.
Why did Andrew Jackson support the Indian Removal Act?
Andrew Jackson thought moving the Indians to the West would give them freedom to self rule.