U NIT 3 A F IGHT FOR A C ONTINENT SS St. Rose Catholic School Fifth Grade.
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Transcript of U NIT 3 A F IGHT FOR A C ONTINENT SS St. Rose Catholic School Fifth Grade.
BIOGRAPHIES OF IMPORTANT PEOPLE
Junipero Serra Bartholome de Las Casas
Squanto PocahontasJohn Rolfe MetacomTecumseh Chief PowhatanChief Logan Lord DunmoreSequoyah Andrew JacksonChief John Ross John Marshall
JUNIPERO SERRA
Spanish Priest who founded missions in California
Founded the first mission in California, San Diego de Alcala, on July 16, 1769
Remained in California the rest of his life, setting up eight more missions between 1770 and 1982
BARTHOLOME DE LAS CASAS
Spanish missionary who opposed the mistreatment of American Indians
Spoke out against Europeans who were taking land from and enslaving American Indians as early as 1514
Wrote The History of Indies about Spanish conquests
SQUANTO
American Indian who helped the Pilgrims in Plymouth Colony
Showed the Pilgrims where to hunt and fish and helped teach them to grow certain crops
Served as an interpreter when Chief Massasoit and Pilgrims were making a peace treaty
POCAHONTAS
Powhatan woman who helped keep the peace between American Indians and
Jamestown settlers Intervened, according to legend, to save the life
of Captain John Smith when her people held him captive
Real name was Matoaka
JOHN ROLFE
Jamestown planter and official who helped show that tobacco could be grown successfully Arrived at Jamestown in 1610 and began growing
tobacco in about 1612 Married Pocahontas in 1614
METACOM
American Indian chief who led the fight against English colonists in King Philip’s War Led several American Indian groups in a war to
push settlers out of New England Defeated in King Philip’s War (1675-1676), which
led to further colonial expansion
TECUMSEH
Shawnee chief who led American Indian resistance in the Ohio River Valley
Believed that land should be shared and urged American Indian groups to form an alliance against settlers
Fought against the United States in the War of 1812
CHIEF POWHATAN
Powhatan chief who eventually made a peace treaty with English settlers As leader of a confederacy of about thirty tribes
that lived near the Jamestown colony Negotiated a peace treaty with the English after
his daughter Pocahontas married a settler
CHIEF LOGAN
Led American Indian raids against settlers during Lord Dunmore’s War Known for good relations with settlers until a
frontier trader killed is family in 1774 Was never actually a chief but gained fame
among many different American Indian groups
LORD DUNMORE
Governor of Virginia during the years before the American Revolution Sent an army that defeated Chief Logan and the
Shawnee in 1774 Forced to leave Virginia in 1776 by Patriots
SEQUOYAH
Cherokee who created a writing system for his group Developed an alphabet and a system of writing
for the Cherokee Served with U.S. troops in the Creek War (1813-
1814)
ANDREW JACKSON
Military Hero and 7th President of the United States Refused to support the U.S. Supreme Court when
it ruled in favor of the Cherokee keeping their land
Became a national hero after a victory in the War of 1812
CHIEF JOHN ROSS
Cherokee chief who resisted the removal of his people from Georgia Led Cherokees when they sued the state of
Georgia to prevent the taking of Cherokee lands Led his people on the “Trail of Tears” to Indian
Territory in 1838
JOHN MARSHALL
Fourth chief Justice of the Supreme Court Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who ruled the
Cherokee had the right to control their land Interpreted the Constitution in ways that still are
important today
EUROPEAN COLONIES IN AMERICA
1565 St. Augustine FL Spanish 1607 Jamestown VA, English 1608 Quebec, Canada, French 1624 New Amsterdam NY, Netherlands 1769 Spanish Missions in CA, Spanish
Protected their land claims and resources by building forts
Traded with Dutch and French for metal items
WARS Powhatan Wars 1610
Occurred in Virginia English wanted the Indian land Pequot massacre 1637
English colonists and Indian allies did this to gain land King Philip’s War 1675
Several American Indian groups and English colonists in New England
French and Indian War 1750 France and England …England gained lands East of the
Mississippi River Last Indian resistance was at Wounded Knee massacre Lakota and Ojibwa
Fought over land in the Great Lakes region English and Dutch fought over New Netherlands and its
ports English and French fought over rich land in Ohio and
Mississippi River Valleys Beaver Wars Iroquois and Huron Indians fought over fur
trade
RAW MATERIALS THAT EUROPEANS VALUED
Spain wanted gold and silver France wanted beaver furs England wanted tobacco
Land areas they wanted were Along rivers Along coast lines EASY FOR TRANSPORTING OUT GOODS
INDIAN REMOVAL ACT
Move all Indians in to Oklahoma Andrew Jackson was for this Supreme Court said NO “Chief Justice Marshall” He did it anyway
Trail of Tears Thousands of Indians were Removed and forced to
walk to Oklahoma many died