Captive-Taking is Counter Productive?

Friday we will debate the issue of captive-taking by the Native Americans during the French and Indian War. Remember that you side needs to have a constructive (constructs your argument), questions for the opposing side in the clash, and someone to rebuttal arguments. Here is the outline of the debate by time:

Affirmative Constructive: 4 minutes
Negative Clash: 3 minutes
Negative Constructive: 4 minutes
Affirmative Clash: 3 minutes
Negative Rebuttal: 4 minutes
Affirmative Rebuttal: 4 minutes

You will need to use specific events as examples in your arguments. There are captive narratives (narratives by those who were taken captive) published. You might research these on the web.

French and Indian PART II

Events covered in PART II

1755 William Johnson and Iroquois council fire
1755 The Bloody Morning Scout and Battle of Lake George
1758 Capture of Mary Jemison
1755-1758 Virginia Regiment led by George Washington patrols the frontier
1755 New Englanders demand enlistment terms; British command sees shades of rebellion
1756 Montcalm meets Indian allies
1756 Mary Jemison’sadoption into the Seneca nation
1755-1758 Removal of the Acadians from Nova Scotia
1757 French capture Ft. Oswego and Ft. William Henry;
Montcalm frays allegiance with Indian allies


Study Questions to Answer

1) How did captive taking hurt and help Indians in the French and Indian War?
2) Why were the Acadians removed from Nova Scotia by the British?
3) How did lack of cultural understanding increase tensions between allies and shape the progress of the French and Indian War?
4) Compare Johnson and Montcalm’s attitudes towards the Natives.
5) List all the important people in Part II and what they do.


NEXT WEEK’S PROJECT

Debate: Captive-Taking
The Native American practice of seizing settlers and integrating them into Indian society or ransoming them was both a practical way to increase an Indian nation’s population and a stimulus to widespread Indian-hating on the part of colonists. Distribute, read, and answer the questions on captive taking. Then have students debate the proposition, from the point of view of Indians and white settlers, that taking captives is counter-productive.

French and Indian War

Events covered in Part I:

Date Events Covered
1752-1754 Virginia parleys with Tanaghrisson to build trading post;
Washington’s trek to Ft. Le Boeuf
1754 French expel Virginians who built a small fort at the Forks of the Ohio
1754 Incident at Jumonville Glen
1754 Capitulation of Ft. Necessity
1754 Iroquois neutrality
1754-1755 France and Great Britain prepare for war
1755 Braddock’s Expedition and the Battle of the Monongahela



Study Questions for Documentary:

1)What was the significance of the Forks of the Ohio to each of the competing groups?
2)Why would the British be concerned by the French forts west of the Appalachian Mountains?
3)Which Indians had claims to land at the Forks of the Ohio?
4) List important individuals in this segment.
5) What qualities did George Washington display as a young military leader? Which of these helped him succeed in his military career?

Massacre at Mystic

Comprehension Questions:
1. How would you describe relationships between the Puritan settlers and the Pequot
before the Pequot War? Why do you think these relationships changed so quickly?
2. Before the arrival of the British, what was the status of the Pequot in the
Connecticut River Valley? How would you describe their relationships with other
Native American tribes?
3. Why did the Puritans travel to the New World? What were their intentions upon
arrival?
4. Compare and contrast Puritan and Pequot ideas about the following: land and
property, division of labor and gender, and warfare? Give examples to back up
your discussion.
5. In this program, one commentator suggests that the Dutch colonists favored trade,
while the British prioritized land. How did the difference in focus shape their
interactions with Native Americans, and their goals in the New World?
6. Why were British settlers unhappy with the way Pequot organized their economy
and relationship to the land? Do you think there was any validity to their concerns?
Who do you think, if anyone, ultimately had the right to decide who should
control the land?
7. Why do you think the Narragansett and Mohegan tribes fought with the Puritans
against the Pequot? Were you surprised by their actions? Discuss.
8. One commentator, Tall Oak, ponders how the early colonies would have been
different if the Puritans had come in peace. How would you answer this question?
Do you think a different outcome in relations between the Pequot and the Puritans
was possible?
9. How did the Pequot manage to resurrect their community hundreds of years after
the massacre? How do you think it would feel to go from devastation to prosperity?
10. Describe the details of the 1638 Treaty of Hartford, which ended the war. Why
was the treaty considered to be cultural genocide for the Pequot?
11. What sources do you think historians used in order to recount the story of the
massacre at Mystic? What sources might you use if you were trying to create a
documentary about the early colonies? Do you think this documentary offers a
balanced and informed view of the massacre? Discuss.
12. How did the massacre at Mystic changed the United States?

TEST

U.S. History Quiz # 1:

1) How did the crusades change the Europe and how did it lead to the exploration of the new world? Be specific.













2) How did tobacco change the course of America?














3) Discuss the rise of self-government in America.













4) Where the 1st Europeans to the Americas Explorers or Invaders? Please justify your answer.


























5) When did the Africans first come to North America? To what colony and to do what specifically? Why was this important?









6) Indentify the following:

John Rolfe





Jacques Marquette




John Wheelwright




William Bradford



7) What was important about the Spanish Armada?










8) List the original thirteen colonies.












9) Who founded New York?






10) When was Quebec founded?

Things to Know

Things to Know
Questions for Study
Here are questions you should consider for the first quiz next week.

1) What was Columbus looking for?
2) Why was a passage to India important for European countries to find?
3) How did the crusades change European and how did it lead to the exploration of the "New World"?
4) How did tobacco change the course of America (particularly the Virginia colony)?
5) Discuss the rise of self-government in America (make sure you note the House of Burgesses, the Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut).
6) How did religion play an essential role in the shaping of the early colonies?
7) Discuss why early colonists came to America (the various reasons - begin to relate these to the American Dream and the American Character).
8) What was the Great Migration?
9) What was the renaissance and how does it fit with the exploration of the Americas?
10) Where the 1st Europeans to the Americas "Explorers" or "Invaders"? Please justify your answer.
11) How did the English distance the relationship between indentured whites and black slaves? Why did they fear a relationship between the two?
12) Please to list at least six colonies and why they were formed (and by what settlers).
13) Know the following people: John Rolfe, John Smith, John Winthrop, Anne Hutchinson, Roger Williams, William Bradford, John Wheelright, Jacques Marquette, Samuel de Champlain, Squanto, Samoset.
14) What is the difference between the Separatists and Puritians?
15) Why were women brought to Virginia in 1619?
16) When did the 1st Africans come to the English colonies? Where? What was the purpose of importing them (be specific)?
17) According to Zinn why were Africans easier to force into labor than Native Americans or poor white immigrants?
18) What were the first 13 colonies?
19) What was important about the Spanish Armada?
20) List the first three colonies in North America, the current United States (note: two are Spanish).
21) When was Quebec founded?