Treaty Flashcards

0
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What is a written agreement between two or more countries

A

A treaty

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How many countries once claimed the land that is now Minnesota. List them

A

4,France,Spain,United States,England.

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What means nations have power to control their own affairs

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Sovereign

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3
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Who was sent to buy land in Minnesota for a fort

A

Zebulon Pike

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Why did the U.S. Government build Fort Snelling

Name two

A

To help protect the fur trade from the British

To keep peace among Indians

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What was life like at Fort Snelling

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Lonely,boring,worked hard,cold

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Mendota was a trading post near Fort Snelling who owned it

A

American Fur Company

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7
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Mendoza means?

A

Where two rivers meet

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Who was the U.S. Government Indian agent at Fort Snelling

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Lawrence Taliafero

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Describe how an American Indian and a settler may have viewed the land in Minnesota

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Indians saw it as their home,will not sell land,graves of ancestors

Settlers saw it as good soil for crops,forests for timber,rivers for transportation

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What year was the first treaty between the Dakota Ojibwe and US Government signed

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1837

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St.Paul used to be called

A

Pigs eye landing

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It was renamed St.Paul after

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A chapel called St.Paul

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13
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Who was was a famous interpreter during the period of the fur trade

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George Bonga

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14
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His father was an

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African American Fur Trader

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15
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His mother was an

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Ojibwe woman

16
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Name three languages he spoke

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English,Ojibwe,French

17
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What year did Minnesota become a territory

18
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Who was Minnesotas first territorial Governor

A

Alexander Ramsey

19
Q

When Minnesota becomes a state, does Alexander Ramsey ever become a governor

A

Yes, 2nd Minnesota governor

20
Q

Although the Indians believed that it was impossible to sell land, what were reasons some of them felt the treaty should,be signed

Name three reasons

A
  1. keep some of their land
  2. to get food and money
  3. had no choice but to sign the treaty
21
Q

What reason we’re governments officials reasons for wanting treaties

A

Expand the U.S.

22
Q

Why did traders want the treaties

Two reasons

A

They could make more money selling land and timber

The Indians would pay them back

23
Q

Why did missionaries want the treaties

A

Indians give up religions and become farmers

24
Who was Minnesotas most powerful fur trader
Henry Hasting Sibley
25
Name a missionary who wanted the Indians to give up their customs and become farmers
Stephen Riggs
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What is the third piece of paper the Dakota sign? What did the Dakota think it was Two anwsers
1. document payback to the fur traders | 2. A third copy of the treaty
27
What were the two locations of the places where the treaty of 1851 was signed
Travers des Sioux Mendota
28
List four results of the treaty of 1851
1. White Settlers pour into Minnesota 2. Dakota give up almost all their land in Minnesota 3. Money went to fur traders and missionaries 4. Dakota lived on reservation
29
What year did the Ojibwe sign a treaty giving up their land in Northern Minnesota
1865