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| objects left by people who lived long ago |
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| What are a few examples of artifacts? |
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| buildings, tools, pottery, jewelry, and art work |
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| What gave the Mississippian Native Americans a steady food supply? |
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| Successful farming of corn, squash, and beans. |
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| it means extra of something |
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| The Mississippian Native Americans had a surplus of grown food? What did this allow them to do? |
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| Have a surplus of food allowed them to have free time. They used this time to make better tools to grow more food as well as to build better canoes to allow for traveling great distances. |
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| What is another name given to the Mississippians? |
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| Why were the mounds built by the Mississippians? |
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| These mounds may have been used as burial sites, temples, and homes for leaders. |
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| How did Illinois Nataive American Indians use the waterways (rivers)? |
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-fresh water
-fishing
-trading
-traveling |
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| What does it mean to "portage"? |
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| To portage means that a canoes (or any kind of boat) is being carried overland. |
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| Who were Jacque Marquette and Louis Joliet? |
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They were French men from
the Great Lakes area. They explored the Mississipppi River to try to find the fabled Northwest Passage. |
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| A Frenchman who was sent to explore the Mississippi. He traveled all the way to the mouth of the Mississippi River (at the Gulf of Mexico) La Salle claimed the Mississippi and its water shed for France. |
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| the land which surrounds a river and all its tributaries |
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| What European countries both claimed land inthe Ohio Valley? |
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| What was the cause of the French and Indian War? |
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| Both the French and the British claimed the land in the Ohio Valley. |
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| Who sided with the French during the French and Indian War? |
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| the Native Americans, including the Native Americans in Illinois |
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| Why did the Iroquois Native Americans join the British side of the French and Indian War? |
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| The British were winning the war. The Iroquois were worried that if the British won they would take even more of the Iroquois lands. |
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| What did the British promise the Iroquois if they joined them in the French and Indian War? |
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| The British promised the Iroquois that they would move out of the Ohio Valley and not claim any more land. |
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| Who won the French and Indian War? |
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| What was the cause for the rebellion lead by Chief Pontiac? |
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| The British broke the promise they had made to stop building settlements on the Iroquis land. |
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| Where was most of the American Revolution War fought? |
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| Who was George Roger Clark? |
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He was an American colonist who led troops against the British in the Illinois frontier. He convinced the Native Americans to remain neutral.
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| What does it mean to be neutral? |
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| It means not to take sides. |
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| What happened to Illinois at the end of the American Revolution? |
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| Illinois frontier became part of the United States (it was not yet a state). |
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| What did the British gain when they won the French and Indian War? |
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| The British gain control of the land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River. |
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