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Study Questions
Study Questions
Study Questions
Study Questions
Study Questions
100
What began in 1775 and who was involved?
The war of Independence started in 1775. The 13 British colonies along the east coast wanted to be free from Britian.
100
What is an export? What is an import?
A product of some kind that is from here and sold in another country. It is something from another country that is sold here.
100
What cheap natural resource brought people to Michigan? (It was not beavers).
Land
100
Draw a Venn Diagram and write 2 differences and 1 similarity.
Answers will vary
100
Name the 1st step to becoming a state.
To become a territory Four People must be in charge. 3 were judges, and 1 was the governor.
200
Which Nation had soldiers in Michigan during the War of Independence?
Britian or England
200
What was the fight between Michigan and Ohio over? What did each state win in the end?
Toledo and the surrounding land near the border. Toledo and the surrounding land went to Ohio and Michigan gained the Upper Pennisula.
200
In the winter time where did people cook their food? (Not a campfire, it's too cold.
A fireplace.
200
What is Credit?
Get something and promise to pay later.
200
Name the 2nd step to becoming a state.
Must have a population of 5,000 free men. Woman, Indians, and Slaves were not counted.
300
Which new and important country was started in North America about 1783?
The United States of America
300
When you use credit there is an extra cost. What is that extra cost called?
Interest.
300
Settlers changed the environment to start farms. What did they do?
Cut down trees
300
What happened to many of Michigan's Native Americans in the 1840's
Government Soldiers forced them to leave the state.
300
Name the third and final step.
Have a population of 60,000. Men and women are counted but Indians and Slaves were not. Congress must have a final say.
400
Did the British leave Michigan once the United States became a nation?
No. They stayed until 1796
400
What is an Entrepreneurs?
A person who owns a business to make a profit.
400
What two items did they use to make a spark to build a fire?
Flint and Steel
400
What was Michigan before it became a State?
A territory
400
Who was Michigan's first Governor and what was his Nickname?
Stevens T. Mason and his nickname was boy govenor.
500
Who was the Native American Leader who did not want to give up his land in treaties with the Americans?
Tecumseh
500
What was the name of the female entrepreneur and what did she sell?
Madeline LaFromboise and she sold furs.
500
Name the one big battle in Michigan that occurred during the war of 1812.
Monroe
500
Name the 6 states in the Northwest Territory.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan
500
Where does the Erie Canal start and end. How did it help the growth of Michigan.
Albany to Buffalo. More people had an easier and faster way to travel to a cheaper land.