European Arrivals & Missionaries
Who was the among some of the first Europeans to arrive in Wisconsin?
Jean Nicolet
What is the name for animal skins with fur or hair still on them?
pelts
If you are the child of an intermarriage between Europeans and Native people, you can say your parents are of...
mixed ancestry
The first travelers to Wisconsin were..
French
A period of ten years
decade
What type of Missionaries came to Wisconsin regions with goals to convert and record native languages?
Jesuits
exchange
What is the name of the conflict between British and US troops for control of the fur trade?
War of 1812
After the French lost power, this country took control of the fur trade in the region.
British
Early structures built by Europeans to protect trade and settlers
forts
Name the two French explorers who opened up Wisconsin to European maps and trade by discovering the Mississippi River?
Marquette and Jolliet
Instead of trading money, what did Native and French trade?
goods
What is the name of the conflict between British and French for control over the fur trade?
The French and Indian War
After the American Revolution, control of the fur trade shifted again — to these new leaders.
US/American
the name of British people who settled permanently in what is now America
colonists
What did Jolliet make that caused a major turning point in history?
maps
How did the fur trade effect the Natives family roles?
Men traveled farther away and women had to work
Why did the battles between the French and British for control over the fur trade bring newcomers to Wisconsin when it ended?
Soldiers spread the news of Wisconsin's landscapes
What is the name of the policy in which US wanted native people to be more like non-natives?
assimilation policy
an exchange system in which Europeans and Natives traded goods (ex: pelts for metal tools) with eachother
Fur Trade
What role did missionaries and mapmakers play in Wisconsin?
made maps and spread religion
Where did the Rendevous every spring take place?
Prairie du Chien
Name one way the US government caused conflict for the native people
wanted natives to become more like non-natives and stopped the natives from trading with french/british traders
How did many of the native people feel towards the US government from the way they were treated?
resentful
French word which means a meeting at an agreed time and place
Rendezvous