1.Describe the main characteristics of Indigenous peoples in two specific regions in North America before European arrival. Then, in your own words, explain how focusing on the diversity of Indigenous peoples in different regions of North America before European arrival challenges common, current-day Euro American stereotypes about Indigenous peoples.
regions you can choose from: West Coast, Columbia Plateau Fishers, Great Basin
Foragers, the Plains, the Southwest, Eastern Woodlands
2. Compare and contrast King Phillips War and Pueblo War Revolt, including when and where the event occurred, who were the main groups involved, what were the
reasons/motives for the conflicts, and what were the significant results of the conflicts.
3. What is the Royal Proclamation of 1763? How does it connect to the French and Indian War? How does it connect to the American Revolution?
4. Choose one of the following primary source excerpts and explain what source the
excerpt is from, any important context about the source, and why the excerpt is
significant. In other words, what can the excerpt teach us? (5 points)
“I beg thee now to believe that, all miserable as we seem in thine eyes, we consider ourselves nevertheless much happier than thou in this, that we are very content with the little that we have; and believe also once and for all, I pray, that thou deceives thyself greatly if thou thinkest to persuade us thy country is better than ours. For if France, as thou sayest, is a little terrestrial paradise, art thou sensible to leave it?” (Chrestien LeClerq, pg. 116)
