Vocabulary
What is this word?
A government law, saying the new land should be surveyed
Ordinance
Which group were against fighting the British?
Loyalists
What is this?
A group of people making lWs
Legislature
A place where Europeans taught Native Americans the Christian religion.
Mission
Who is the Native American leader who warned the Americans of the British attack?
Cornstalk
What is this?
An area that included present-day Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and parts of Minnesota.
Northwest Territory
What was the Proclamation the British king made for the colonists who were in Ohio?
That they colonists in Ohio must leave
What is this?
An official public announcement
Proclamation
Why did the Native Americans side with the French during the French and Indian war?
They thought the French would be more generous and will let them share the land
What is this?
A person who is among the first non-native people to settle in a region
Pioneer
What is this?
A formal agreement between two nations
treaty
Describe relations between colonists and the British Government
Colonists did not pay much attention to the British government. For example, squatters moved to the Ohio Country even though the king had forbidden this. The colonists eventually started a revolution to get rid of the British
What is this?
To measure the area, boundaries, and shape of a piece of land
Survey
Why did the Native Americans side with the British during the American Revolution?
They thought the American Colonists would take over all of their land
How many people lived in Cleveland in 1810?
a) 87
b) 187
c)287
d) 387
87
What is this?
A person who settles on land without permission and without paying for it
squatters
Who was the British king during the American Revolution?
King George the third
What happened with the colonists and Delaware Native Americans at Gnadehutten?
The Colonists attacked peaceful Delaware Native Americans
Many Native Americans joined the British in the American Revolution because...
They feared the colonists would take their land
What was the first official settlement in the Northwest Territory?
The overthrow of a government
Revolution
Which group boycotted British goods?
Sons of _________
Liberty
Why did congress want the Northwest territory surveyed?
To organize the area for the sale of the land
Who led Native American attacks on British forts?
Pontiac
Explain why the French and British fought for control of the Ohio Country?
Both France and Britain wanted to control Ohio Country for their own nations