I. Prerequisites : Admission to the
course.
II. Estimated Time : 1 - 2 Class
sessions.
III. Goal of the Module : This module will
provide learning activities
designed to enable the student to understand the significance of the British,
French, Dutch, Spanish and other European military conflicts for control of
North America
including : the impact on Indian tribes; militarily, economically,
politically and religiously.
IV.
Pre-assessment : Before beginning this
module, complete the paper and pencil test.
V. Objectives : After completing this
module, the student will be able to :
A. Examine North American Imperial
Wars :
1. Delineate the 4 major
conflicts for control of North America (1689-
1763) including the
participants and results.
2.
Delineate the role played by Indians in these conflicts.
3. Cite ate least two
British leaders and two Indian leaders during
the French and Indian War.
4. Define the British exterminationist policy and cite an example of
its use of biological warfare
during these years.
5. Delineate the role
played by Pontiac in these events.
B. Analyze the Expanding French
Trade and International Rivalries,
1615-1763 :
1. Delineate the French
fur trading system during this period.
2. Identify the
French-Natchez conflict.
3. Identify Red Jacket.
C. Examine
English Colonial Expansion
1. Delineate the
participants in the Pequot War and the
outcome.
2. Identify King Philip,
the Wampanoag.
3. Delineate the results
of King Philip’s War.
D.
Examine the Dutch Colonial Expansion:
1. Identify Henry Hudson
and the Dutch East India Company.
2. Identify the Wappinger Confederacy.
3. Identify Governor Kieft and Peter Stuyvesant.
4. Recall reasons for
diminished Dutch colonial presence by
the 1640’s.
5. Delineate the Pavonia
Massacre.
E. Examine Colonial
Trade and Treaties
1. List provisions of
the 1763 Treaty of Paris.
2. Identify the 1763
Proclamation Line and the colonial and
Indian responses to it.
3. Delineate the
formation of British Indian Bureaucracy to
implement British Indian policy.
4. Cite an example of
British/Indian Treaty making during
this period.
F. Examine Indian Relations and the
Revolutionary War :
1. Identify Joseph Brant
and his role in the war.
2. Delineate the role of
the Iroquois in the Revolution.
3. Recognize the
significance of
the Articles of Confederation
upon Indian relations.
4. Recall impact of
Treaty of Paris of 1783 on Indian tribes.
VI. Instructional alternatives :
A. Read the following :
1. Text :
Edmunds, Chapters 3-6
Gibson, Chapters 4-11; and Mintz, Chapters 4-7.
B.
View the following video at Palomar College Library :
1. 500 Nations - Part 3
- Cauldron of War
C. Lectures:
Lecture 30:
European Policies Toward the Indian
Lecture 31:
Indian-European Relations in America, 1763-1783
Lecture 33:
Spanish Colonial Policy Toward the Indian
Lecture 34: The
Catholic Church and the Indians
Lecture 35:
European and Russian Colonial Indian Policy
in North America: A Comparison
Lecture 36: The
Indian and the Fur Trade
Lecture 37:
Indian Cultures in History, 1600-1783
Lecture 39:
Indians in North America:
Social Reorganization
and Control during the Colonial
Era
D.
Images:
1.
Fort Johnson,
1759
2.
Map: British Settlements, 1700
3.
French
And Indian War
4.
American Magazine - Fr & Ind. War
5.
VII.
Post - assessment : Complete the objective
test at the end of module five.
VIII. Remediation : If mastery criteria
is not achieved, check with the
instructor to obtain the necessary alternatives to master the objectives.
