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17 Cards in this Set
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Pioneer |
one of the first people to move into a frontier area |
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Canal |
a waterway that is dug across land for ships to travel on
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Territory |
land that belongs to a country but is not a state of that country
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Tax |
money that people pay to support their government
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Legislature |
a group of people who have the power to make laws |
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Frontier |
land at the edge of a settled area |
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Compromise |
an agreement in which each side gives up a little of what it wants
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American colonists wanted independence from |
Great Britian |
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The Native Americans helped the British during the American Revolution because______________ |
they wanted to keep their land |
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Michigan's statehood was delayed as they fought with Ohio over_____________ |
the Toledo Strip |
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Goveor Lewis Cass |
bought more land from the Native Americans |
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Fort Mackinaw |
captured by the British in the War of 1812 |
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William Hull |
1st governor of the Michigan Territory |
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Chief Bad Bird |
signed the Treaty of Greenville giving away large areas of land |
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Tecumseh |
Shawnee chief who organized Native Americans to slow down American settlement |
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After the American Revolution |
the British refused to give up their forts |
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Michigan was a ________________________ before it became a state |
territory |
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