Prehistory
This time period is the oldest prehistoric period
Paleo
Which tribe dominated the Appalachian region
Cherokee
This explorer wrote he saw lions in western Virginia
John Lederer
Most settlers in western Virginia travelled along this road
The Old Wagon Road
This was the name of the first permanent English settlement in the New World
Jamestown
This prehistoric period ended about 1000 years ago
Woodland
Name one of the four tribes that had settled in WV
This man was a land surveyor- surveying most of WV's rivers in the 1750s
Thomas Gist
What was the main difference in the German and Scots-Irish settlers and the English
Their religions
Why did the English send explorers into Western Virginia?
Was was the name of the land that allowed people to travel to North America
Bering Land Bridge
Andrew Jackson enacted this piece of legislation forcing natives to leave their homes
Indian Removal Act
This explorer knighted and gifted his followers with a golden horseshoe
Alexander Spotswood
Where did most of the Scots-Irish settle in western Virginia
the Greenbrier Valley
This settler is credited with the first settlement in Western Virginia
Clovis Point
This present day state was considered "Indian Territory."
Oklahoma
This man was the most famous French explorer into western Virginia
de la Salle
Where did most of the Germans settle in western Virginia
The Shenandoah Valley and Eastern Panhandle
In what county was the first settlement in western Virginia
Berkeley County
This was a finer spear point created in the Archaic period
Folsom
In what year was the Indian Removal Act
1830
What is one reason why people wanted to settle in western Virginia
beauty, fear of French control, fear of PA or MD control, and to spread religious beliefs
This nearby town was home to many German settlers in the 1700s
Shepherdstown (Meckelenburg)
This was the religion of the English during the settlement era
Anglican