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Directions: Fill in each blank
with the word that best completes the reading comprehension.
The French and Indian War changed the
political face of America. The French, who had (1) _______________________
controlled (2) _______________________ stretches of North
America, were now limited to two small islands near Newfoundland. The
British, the winners of the conflict, found themselves in (3) _______________________
of half of America and all of what would be Canada. Spanish controlled
lands included New Orleans and lands west of the Mississippi River.
Many Native Americans were
dissatisfied with these changes. They did not understand how white men
thought, nor why they acted as they did.
Fights between natives and colonists
were not wars as we might think of them today. They were usually just
local conflicts, but they still had serious results.
Perhaps partly to (4) _______________________
was the attitude some colonists had about other nations. Some thought
the Native Americans (5) _______________________ sub-human
savages and not (6) _______________________ of the
considerations they deserved.
Many natives did not understand that
when Europeans claimed land, it wasn't for (7) _______________________
time use; it was permanent. Even tribal nations who farmed had to (8) _______________________
their diet with hunted game. As more Europeans pushed in around them,
clearing land and killing game, the natives had a harder time getting
enough to eat. Many were forced to starve or move into another tribe's
(9) _______________________ (10) _______________________
west. Some were tired of being pushed from their own land and decided to
fight.
Before the end of the French and
Indian War, many of the French trappers and traders had been pushed out
of the Ohio Valley. They were replaced by British traders and trappers.
The French had adopted a custom of
giving gifts to the local tribes every year. This helped keep the
relationships between the nations sweet. The English saw themselves more
in the (11) _______________________ of conquerors rather than
friends and saw no (12) _______________________ to (13) _______________________
the custom.
As more of the British colonists
arrived, some of the chiefs thought it was time to (14) _______________________
back. An Ottawa chief named Pontiac began to organize tribes all over
the Midwest. In 1763, right at the end of the French and Indian War, his
forces captured every British fort from the Straits of Mackinac to
western New York. The only forts that remained were Detroit and Fort
Pitt. What happened?
In 1774, traders and colonists began
pouring into the southern (15) _______________________ of the
Ohio Valley. This angered the tribal nations already living there, and
they began to slaughter the new arrivals in order to protect their own
homelands.
This territory was claimed by
Virginia, so the governor sent in troops to protect the colonists. On
October 10, 1774, 3,000 soldiers defeated the 1,000 native people
waiting for them near Point Pleasant, West Virginia. The crushed Native
Americans lost their hunting lands to the south of the Ohio River.
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Short Answer
You are part of a tribe that is being pushed off your own lands by
incoming colonists. Your hunting grounds are being cleared of trees, and
most of the local game is being slaughtered by others. Winter is coming,
and your family is already on the verge of starvation. What can you do
to live?