Lesson 4 Americans Enter the Rivalry

Which country was a latecomer to the Pacific Northwest compared to Russia, Spain, and Britain?

Who traded furs on the Northwest Coast and discovered the Columbia River?

Which event acquired the lands between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains for the United States?

Who established posts at Astoria and initiated the American land-based fur trade in the Pacific Northwest?

Which agreement resolved territorial disputes and authorized joint occupancy of the Pacific Northwest?

During the temporary phase of colonization, what were the two sources of American activities in the Pacific Northwest?

Which American traders took the lead in the maritime fur trade off the Northwest Coast?

Who had more nationalistic ambitions in mind for the Pacific Northwest?

What event made the Pacific Northwest contiguous with the other territories and states of the United States?

Which American fur traders followed Lewis and Clark into and across the Rockies?