Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 14, Lesson 4: The American Indians in Retreat (pp. 360-365)
I. Unfair Treaties
B. When Indians would not sign treaties, the U.S. Government took the land by force.
C. The U.S. Government paid the Indians little for their land.
B. Indians fought alongside the British in the War of 1812.
B. Some Indians tried to live like the settlers.
C. The government started the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which had the power to make treaties and control trade with the Indians.
B. In the Black Hawk War, soldiers attacked Indians who tried to farm their old farmlands in Illinois.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. Some Indians signed treaties which allowed settlers to occupy their land.
II. Indian Resistance
A. U.S. soldiers won the fight with resisting Indian warriors in the Battle of Tippecanoe.
III. Peace for a Time
A. Some Indians tribes moved away from settlers to begin a new life.
IV. Loss and Defeat
A. The route followed by the Cherokee when forced to move from the Southeast to Oklahoma became known as "The Trail of Tears."
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