Ch. 7 - People on the Move

Ch. 10 - People on the Move

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Exploring the Frontier

• Reminder: The colonists settled and couldn't go across which mountains?

• Appalachian! - What was that thing called when KG3 told the colonists to stay on their side of the mountain?

• Proclamation of 1763!

• Well guess what? It was time for people to start crossing it.

• But it wasn't easy.

• Oh, anyone know of any explorers from back then?

Daniel Boone

• Hunter and pioneer = one of the first of a group of people to enter or settle in a region

• 1769 - DB went through a narrow passage (Cumberland Gap) across the App Mt. in Virginia

• After crossing, they saw land where American Indians hunted and farmed. DB wanted to live there too.

• So DB helped clear a new road through the Cumberland Gap. This was called the Wilderness Road.

• DB helped his family and other famlies cross the App Mt and start new towns and lives.

Life on the Frontier

• Soon thousands crossed the App Mt looking for cheap farmland.

• Settlers entered frontiers = edge of a country or settled area.

• American Indians were on that land already.

• So what do you think happened?

• Fights!

• But they also learned ideas from each other.

Traveling West

• How did people travel back then?

• Wagons! - packed with food and supplies - not much room for peeps

• How do you think the roads were like back then?

• Rocky, dirt, no bridges to cross rivers - wagons often broke

• What could be an easier and more comfortable way?

• Rivers! - less bumpy and faster - Ohio River was most popular - what type of boat was used?

• Flatboats! = large rectangular boat covered by a roof - also went on canals = waterway built for boat travel and shipping

Making a Home

• When pioneers got to a frontier, they have to build their homes! - cut down trees in the woods

• Inside of the home - table, bed, spinning wheel, few dishes

• Grew corn, grains, raised farm animals - just enough for their own families

• Frontier life was hard! - especially for women

• Men hunted - women took care of children and farms

• Even though life was hard, they knew they had it better than before.

Chief Logan

• Uh oh, what do you think I'm going to tell you?

• Conflict! - What did the American Indians believe about land?

• They thought no one can own land. It's to be shared.

• They agreed to let settles hunt on the land, but not own it.

• Chief Logan (Mingo) had been friendly to pioneers. But in 1774, settlers murdered his family.

• Chief Logan then attacked back, of course.

• This was the beginning of more fights. Stay tuned...