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Social Studies
4th grade chapter 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which countries showed an interest in the Ohio Country first? | France and Great Britain |
| Which states made up the region known as the Ohio Country? | Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania |
| What was the land called that Jacques Cartier explored? | New France |
| What was Sieur de La Salle's job in New France? | he ran a trading post |
| What did La Salle name the river that he explored and what does it mean? | La Belle Riviere - means beautiful river |
| Which country established the 13 colonies? | Great Britain |
| What did Celeron do to stake a claim on the land that he claimed for the French? | buried lead plate |
| Who started the French and Indian War? | the French |
| What did the French build along the eastern border of the Ohio Country? | chain of forts |
| Who was supposed to be put in charge of the small British trading post near Pittsburgh? | George Washington |
| What is the name of the war? | French and Indian War |
| Who were the allies in the war? | The French and the Indians |
| Why did the French want the land? | to set up a trading post |
| Why did the English want the land in the Ohio Country? | to buy and sell the land |
| Why do you think that the Indians became allies with the French? | they wanted to live peacefully on the land |
| What was seen as the final defeat on the French in this war? | the French lost Quebec |
| Which paper ended the war? | Treaty of Paris |
| What did the treaty give to the British? | they got all of the French land in North America |
| Why did Pontiac start the war in 1763? | he did not like that the British were controlling the land |
| What was the outcome of the war started by Pontiac? | the Native Americans lost |
| What was the British plan to keep peace with the Native Americans? | the British said that no other colonists would be allowed to move into the area of Ohio |
| What is a squatter? | people who ignored and took land that wasn't theirs |
| How did the Native Americans react to the squatters? | they were furious and started attacking |
| What was Logan's Lament about? | an Indian was betrayed by the colonists |
| Which document declared the colonists' decision to free themselves from British rule? | the Declaration of Independence |
| What did the British want the colonists to pay? | taxes |
| What is the war fought by the American colonies to end British rule? | The American Revolution |
| Who did the British try to get to help them battle the colonists? | Indians |
| A ________ leader named _________ agreed to fight the American colonists of the Northwest | Shawnee leader named Cornstalk |
| When was the American Revolution over? | by the spring of 1783 |
| What did the Americans develop as a basis for setting up their own government? | Articles of Confederation |
| In what year did the Americans develop the Articles of Confederation? | 1777 |
| Who decided what to do with the land to the west of the Appalachian Mountains? | Congress |
| What called for the land to be surveyed? What was the land then divided into? | Land Ordinance of 1785; divided into townships |
| What is another law that the Congress passed? | Northwest Ordinance |
| The Northwest Ordinance gave the region what name? It also set up a plan for the government. | Northwest Territory |
| What are the 3 steps to become a state? | 1. Chose a governor, secretary, and 3 judges; 2. Have at least 5,000 white males in the territory to vote in a legislature; 3. 60,000 people living in a territory could then write a constitution and ask to become a state |
| Who was the first governor of the Northwest Territory? | Arthur St. Clair |
| What did the Northwest Ordinance forbid? | slavery |
| Who was the scout that helped make a road through the Appalachian Mountains and what was the path called? | Daniel Boone; Wilderness Trail |
| Pioneers used the Ohio River to travel, too. What did they pack all of the belongings on and float down the river? | flatboat |
| What was the first permanent settlement in the Northwest Territory called? | Marietta |
| What were two of the next settlements along the Little Miami River? | Columbia and Losantiville |
| What did the Columbia and Losantiville settlements combine to become? | Cincinnati |
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