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    Settlers, and the wars that happened. There were many tribes in Indiana. Some of the most important tribes were the Miami people and the Pokagon band of Potawatomi Indians. The Miami tribe spook Miami-Illinois, it is an Algonquian language. The men in the Miami tribe hunted buffalo and made forest fires so the big animals would come to them. The Miami tribe originally lived in Indiana, Illinois, and Southern Michigan. The Potawatomi Indians spook Central Algonquin. The Potawatomi went to war against the

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    Prior to the Revolutionary War, the Native Americans were considered to be an essential part to learning and living on the North American landscape. However, after the relationship between the Colonists and British tensed, the Native Americans found themselves in the middle of a war that would divide the Native American people. However, during the course of the war, the Native Americans had to consider who they should fight with/for. While both sides, the British and the Colonists, professed the

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    1.The term "Three Fires" refers to the dominant tribes in Michigan during the early 1600s. The three tribes were: A) Sauk, Fox, and Algonquin B) Cherokee, Shawnee, and Sioux C) Ottawa, Chippewa, and Potawatomi D) Iroquois, Delaware, and Miami 2.How long had Native Americans lived on the North American continent before the first Europeans arrived? A) 8,000 years B) 14,000 years C) 10,000 years D) 5,000 years 3.In Carl Sandburg's poem, "Four Preludes on Playthings on the Wind," words left behind in

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    from Duquesne attacked them. This was the beginning of the Seven Years War. 2. Seven Years War- The Fort Necessity trapping was the beginning of the Seven Years War, also known as the French-Indian War. This war was caused by the arguments between the French and British over land. It ended with the Treaty of Paris, and Britain gaining a bulk of French territory. 3. William Pitt- English secretary of state, who transformed the war effort in America by bringing it under British control, appointed military

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    they would be easier to control. The proclamation stated that all lands west of the Atlantic Ocean from the west or northwest were off limits to the colonist. This left the colonist feeling a strong resentment, because what they perceived to be their prize was snatched away from them. The colonist, who thought of themselves as Americans, had cleared the land, built homes, fought Indians and made lives for themselves far away from Britain. Their everyday concerns differed from the people of Britain.

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    Newfoundland in Canada in about the A.D. 1000. The British and France people arrived in Canada and settled their in the 16 century. The framers and the fur traders had a misunderstanding that lead to the four wars between 1689 and 1763. The Indian and France War was the last war it was the final war, and British was on control of Canada but the French control is very strong till

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    entertaining love story to catch the viewer’s eye. This movie is based on the historical event of the French and Indian War that went from 1754-1763. To give this story a more interesting twist, the director, Michael Mann, has added a love story between Hawkeye and Cora. Cora and her sister Alice are being escorted to their father, commander of Fort William Henry, when an attack by the Indians occurs. Daniel Day-Lewis, Hawkeye, comes to their rescue and helps bring them to their father. Hawkeye, along

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    Conflicting Cultures In the 1500s, a clash between two worlds occurred. Although the French and the Spanish had the same religion and economic ideology, their treatment of the natives were vastly different. The Spanish used their superior military to commit atrocities against the natives, while the French allied their military with the natives. The Spanish used their religious zealotry to justify their heinous crimes, and sent missionaries to completely convert the natives, the French, meanwhile

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    There are very few people who wouldn’t think about George Washington,John Adams and Thomas Jefferson when someone mentions the Founding Fathers. Without a doubt we can say that they were three very important men who greatly affected the independence of our country. Out of three, Washington and Jefferson are more talked about. They helped form this nation into a sovereign and free country. Both were great men who did so much to shape and protect this country and it is impossible to say that one did

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    The French and Indian War was a conflict in North America in which Great Britain fought France and their Native American allies. It lasted from 1756 until 1763, so it was also known as the Seven Years War. At the peace conference in 1763, the British received Canada from France and Florida from Spain, but permitted France to keep its West Indian sugar islands and gave Louisiana to Spain. The treaty strengthened the American colonies significantly by removing their European rivals to the north and

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