Chapter 17 The Cumberland Gap and the Wilderness Road Checkpoint

to intrude on ones territory

• Migration

• Encroach

• Network

• Proclamation

the activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale.

• Lifeline

• Rebel

• Commerce

• Migeation

rise in opposition or armed resistance to an established government or ruler.

• Network

• rebel

• revolt

• mutineer

movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions.

• Immigration

• Influence

• Proclamation

• Migration

a public or official announcement, especially one dealing with a matter of great importance.

• Proclamation

• Law

• Ruling

• Migration

Why did King George pass the Proclamation of 1763? Choose two answers.

• to stop settlement on land west of the Appalachian Mountains

• to allow settlement on land west of the Appalachian Mountains

• to prevent conflict between the Native Americans in the Ohio Territory

• to end the French and Indian War

Choose the events in the order they occurred

• Wilderness Road, French and Indian War, Proclamation of 1763

• French and Indian War, Wilderness Road, Proclamation of 1763

• Wilderness Road, Proclamation of 1763, French and Indian War

• French and Indian War, Proclamation of 1763, Wilderness Road

Why did people travel through the Cumberland Gap to settle the West?

• It did not go through Indian land

• It was the easiest route through the Appalachian Mountains

• It was the official route established by King George III

• It was a safer and faster route through the Appalachian Mountains

Who paved the Wilderness Road? Choose two answers.

• Davy Crockett

• Daniel Boone

• A Work Crew

• The Natives Americans

How was the Wilderness Road used? Choose two answers.

• to settle west

• to send American Indians out of the settlement areas

• to conduct commerce

• to move troops during the French and Indian war