Unit 3 "The Fight for a Continent" pages 41-64
In this Unit students will learn how American Indians cooperated with each other and with European and American settlers. Students will also learn about the problems that existed among these groups.
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CA Content Standards covered:
5.3
Students describe the cooperation and conflict that existed among the American
Indians and between the Indian nations and the new settlers.
- Describe the competition among the English, French, Spanish, Dutch, and Indian nations for control of North America.
- Describe the cooperation that existed between the colonists and Indians during the 1600s and 1700s (e.g., in agriculture, the fur trade, military alliances, treaties, cultural interchanges).
- Examine the conflicts before the Revolutionary War (e.g., the Pequot and King Philip's Wars in New England, the Powhatan Wars in Virginia, the French and Indian War).
- Discuss the role of broken treaties and massacres and the factors that led to the Indians defeat, including the resistance of Indian nations to encroachments and assimilation (e.g., the story of the Trail of Tears).
- Describe the internecine Indian conflicts, including the competing claims for control of lands (e.g., actions of the Iroquois, Huron, Lakota [Sioux]).
- Explain the influence and achievements of significant leaders of the time (e.g., John Marshall, Andrew Jackson, Chief Tecumseh, Chief Logan, Chief John Ross, Sequoyah).
Reading Connection:
Comprehension Skill - Sequencing
Vocabulary Development:
Synonyms & Antonyms