Indiana to Statehood Tape 3

The American settlers felt the only way to stop the Indian attacks was to run the (a)   out of the northwest.

Clark turned to (a)   , governor of Virginia, for troops and funds to defeat the Indians and the English.

Despite the Indian attacks, pioneers had continued to move into Kentucky territory under the leadership of (a)   .

Kentucky was first a territory, then a county of the state of (a)   .

(a)   led 150 men to capture 2 forts during the American Revolution in what is now Indiana.

Clark, his men, and some families went down the Ohio River until they came to some falls. There they put ashore at (a)   where they practiced their drilling and shooting.

After a few months Clark called his men together and told them instead of defending Kentucky, they were going to attack British forts north of the Ohio River. This caused some of his men to (a)   because they were afraid.

Clark's men first captured Fort (a)   in what is now Illinois.

Clark sent his soldiers to (a)   . Because the French people there also liked the American settlers better than the English the soldiers easily took control.

The old French fort, Fort Vincennes, had been renamed (a)   by the British after the French and Indian War.