Module #4: THE EARLY NATIONAL PERIOD
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
motivations behind the creation of
federal Indian policy following the American
Revolution and the various
cultural,economic and historic consequences of that policy made visible
in the War of
1812. Also included will be an analysis of the fur trade and
its impact on
North American Indian tribes.
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 the fur trade, its growth and influence :
1. Identify Charles I and the Hudson Bay Company.
2. Identify the Northwest Company.
3. Identify John Jacob Astor.
4. Recall significance of the “rendezvous”.
5. Recognize the influence of the fur trade and
tribal sovereignty.
6. List two reasons why fur companies used
Indians as middlemen.
B. Analyze the Indian in the New Republic (in the North) :
1. Recall the significance of the Treaty of Fort Stanwix in 1784.
2. Identify the Treaty of Fort Harmar and John
Knox’s role in it.
3. Delineate what is meant by the “factory
system”.
4. Delineate the role of military garrisons on
the frontier.
5. Recall provisions of the Northwest Ordinance
of 1787 and how
treaties were acquired.
6. Identify Little Turtle.
7. Identify General “Mad Anthony” Wayne and
General St. Clair.
8. Recall provisions of the Treaty of Greenville.
9. Identify Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison.
10. Identify the Prophet.
11. Recall Tecumseh’s role in the War of 1812.
C. Examine the Indian in the Early Republic (in the South) :
1. Identify Alexander McGillivary.
2. Recall significance of the Treaty of Hopewell.
3. Recall the impact of the War of 1812 on
southern tribes.
D. Delineate the federal government’s vocational training, “The
Civilization
Impulse” policy.
VI.
Instructional alternatives :
A. Read the following :
1. Text :
Edmunds, Chapters 6-8
Gibson, Chapters 10-12 and Mintz, Chapter 8.
B. View the following videos at the
Palomar College Library :
1. 500 Nations - Part 5 continued: Cauldron of War
2. 500 Nations, Part VI: Removal - War and Exile in the East
C. Lectures:
1.
Lecture
40: Introduction to Period
2.
Lecture 41: The
Indian in the Early Republic (North)
3.
Lecture 42: The
Indian in the Early Republic (South)
4.
Lecture 43: The Development of the
"Indian Country" Concept
5.
Lecture 44:
Indians in North America: Experiences with the
United States Government
D. Images :
1.
Gen. Wayne's Proclamation of 1793
2.
VII. Post -
assessment : Complete the objective test at the end of the next module.
VIII. Remediation : If mastery criteria is not achieved, check with the
instructor
to obtain the necessary
alternatives to master the objectives.
