Heading West

At first, the American Indians and the English colonists cooperated and helped each other. What seemed to be the turning point according to the American Indian point of view?

• It was when the colonists began taking the children of the American Indians as slaves.

• More colonists kept moving to America and taking more and more land, which made the American Indians worry.

• The colonists refused to ask for help from the American Indians.

• The American Indians did not trust the colonists from the very start.

Why were long hunters important to the development of America?

Describe the jobs of pioneer adults.

Describe the jobs of pioneer children.

American Indians began to hunt for ___________ in order to trade with the Europeans who wanted to wear stylish hats.

• Elephant tusks

• Deer antlers

• Fish eggs

• Beaver fur

Daniel Boone founded the town of ________, one of the first American settlements in Kentucky.

• Nashville

• Boonesborough

• Kentucky

• Tennessee

At first, the pioneers got along with the Cherokee Indians. Some of the items they traded were?

• cotton and chicken eggs

• animal skins, fur, and tools

• gold and other special minerals

• wood and timber

The "two row wampum" was a symbolic agreement between the Haudensqunee Indians and the Dutch colonists. Their three main agreements were friendship, peace, and ______________.

• Forever

• Honor

• horses

• trading

The term "long hunters" means that _______________.

• these men would be gone for a long time on expeditions.

• these men hunted very large animals and needed long weapons.

• these men carried long bows and arrows for hunting.

• these men could go a long time without eating or drinking.

There were many American Indian uprisings as more and more colonists came to America to take land. What was the result of most of these battles?

• The American Indians enslaved most of the colonists.

• Many colonists moved back to Europe to avoid confilct.

• The American Indians were usually defeated.

• The colonists were unable to defend themselves.