Show:
British in America
Lead Mining
Northwest Territory
Pioneers
Miscellaneous
100
This is a settlement that is ruled by a country far away.
What is a colony?
100
Bullets, pipes, and paint
What was lead mainly used for?
100
After the American revolution, WI became part of this territory.
What is Northwest Territory?
100
One of the first people to something.
What is a pioneer?
100
The war that started because Indians were angry that the government sold their land.
What is the Black Hawk War?
200
This person wrote the Declaration of Independence.
What is Thomas Jefferson?
200
Buildings with very hot ovens that melted ore into pure lead
What is a smelter?
200
-Slavery was not allowed -Land would be set aside for public schools -Settlers could practice any religion
What is the rules of the Northwest Ordinance?
200
-helped cook food -cleaned the house -carried in water from outside and cut wood
What are three main jobs of the pioneer children?
200
A written agreement signed by two groups.
What is a treaty?
300
The words spoken by angry colonists to the British.
What is "No Taxation without Representation"?
300
This is the name first given to the center of the WI mining region.
What is "Shake Rag"?
300
The Northwest Territory included the lands that would eventually become these states.
What is Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, and part of Minnesota?
300
-bought the land -cleared the trees -built a cabin
What is the job of the Pioneer father?
300
The leader of the American Army against the British.
What is George Washington?
400
This is the group that helped the Americans win the Revolution.
What is the French?
400
Wives of Cornish miners called their husbands to lunch by waving dishtowels.
What is the reason the town was called 'Shake Rag'?
400
The first Americans to arrive in WI.
What is fur traders and soldiers?
400
-Every grade learned together in one room -If you did not pay attention, you were hit with a thin wood rod -Learning meant memorizing
What is a Pioneer school?
400
Pioneer children went to school this many months out of the year.
What is 4 months?
500
Fourth of July
What is the date that the Americans declared their independence from Great Britain?
500
Miners were called "badgers" because they dug holes in the earth like badgers do.
What is the reason WI is named the Badger State?
500
A river route from Green bay to Prairie du Chien
What is the most important trade route?
500
The writer of the Little House Books.
What is Laura Ingalls Wilder?
500
1775-1783
What is the years of the American Revolutionary War?