Study Guide: History of Michigan
1.After winning control of North America from the French, British agents promised to expand trade with the tribes and continue the established French policy of distributing food, guns, ammunition and liquor. However, the new governor of North America, Lord Jeffrey Amherst, had a different view. What was it?
A) alcohol made Indians uncontrollable and gifts of food mad them lazy and unwilling to hunt and fish
B) Indians were inferior to whites and deserved to be exterminated
C) Whites should not be trading with Indians at all
D) All Indians living in the Great Lakes region should be forcibly removed and sent to live west of the Mississippi River
2.In 1763, a Delaware Indian known as the Prophet urged Indians to free themselves from the influence of Europeans and return to their traditional ways of living. What was the name of the Ottawa chief who was given the honor of leading the Indians' fight for freedom?
A) Tecumseh
B) Joseph
C) Cahokia
D) Pontiac
3.Upon assuming leadership, Pontiac told his followers that he would not wage war against ALL white men, but would only be fighting the _______.
A) French
B) Dutch
C) Americans
D) British
4.To avoid further Indian unrest in its new western lands, the British drew an imaginary line running north to south along the highest points of the Appalachian Mountains. All white settlement WEST of this line was prohibited; and any Indian lands WEST of this line could only be sold to settlers by authorized British officials. What was this new land policy called?
A) the Mason-Dixon Line
B) the Proclamation of 1763
C) the Line of Demarcation
D) the Continental Divide
5.Pontiac was certain that if he could lay siege to a major British outpost and keep the troops pinned down inside the fort, that the French would come to his aid and drive the British back out of the Great Lakes Region. What British fort did Pontiac put under siege?
A) Fort Michilimackinac
B) Fort Detroit
C) Fort Sandusky
D) Fort St. Joseph
6.In 1766, British Major
A) alcohol made Indians uncontrollable and gifts of food mad them lazy and unwilling to hunt and fish
B) Indians were inferior to whites and deserved to be exterminated
C) Whites should not be trading with Indians at all
D) All Indians living in the Great Lakes region should be forcibly removed and sent to live west of the Mississippi River
2.In 1763, a Delaware Indian known as the Prophet urged Indians to free themselves from the influence of Europeans and return to their traditional ways of living. What was the name of the Ottawa chief who was given the honor of leading the Indians' fight for freedom?
A) Tecumseh
B) Joseph
C) Cahokia
D) Pontiac
3.Upon assuming leadership, Pontiac told his followers that he would not wage war against ALL white men, but would only be fighting the _______.
A) French
B) Dutch
C) Americans
D) British
4.To avoid further Indian unrest in its new western lands, the British drew an imaginary line running north to south along the highest points of the Appalachian Mountains. All white settlement WEST of this line was prohibited; and any Indian lands WEST of this line could only be sold to settlers by authorized British officials. What was this new land policy called?
A) the Mason-Dixon Line
B) the Proclamation of 1763
C) the Line of Demarcation
D) the Continental Divide
5.Pontiac was certain that if he could lay siege to a major British outpost and keep the troops pinned down inside the fort, that the French would come to his aid and drive the British back out of the Great Lakes Region. What British fort did Pontiac put under siege?
A) Fort Michilimackinac
B) Fort Detroit
C) Fort Sandusky
D) Fort St. Joseph
6.In 1766, British Major