7.6a - Westward Expansion: - Practices A through E

Based on the document, what is the most likely purpose of the petition?

Which detail from the document best supports the idea that Native people who allied with Britain faced loss of land after the American Revolution?

How might a New York state official describe the same events differently than the petition writer?

Use one piece of evidence from the document and explain how the official’s point of view could change the description in one paragraph.

Using evidence from the document, explain how the petition shows:

(1) land loss and

(2) pressure to move.

Use at least two specific details from the text in one paragraph.

Which conclusion about cause and effect is best supported by the document?

How could a Native community affected by this notice describe the sequence of events differently from the land office clerk?

Use one specific time clue from the document and explain how it could support a different interpretation in one paragraph.

Which event happened first, based on the dates and time references in the document?

Which timeline is most consistent with the document?

Using evidence from the document, explain how the timing of events helps show why land loss and pressure to move happened after the American Revolution.

Use at least two time clues (dates or phrases) in one paragraph.

Which statement best explains why the document includes both 1783 and 1785?

Which detail from the proclamation best helps place the document in the context of the period after the American Revolution?

Which comparison is most supported by the document when you contrast it with a Native petition from the same era?

Which statement is the strongest evidence-based inference about the land office’s point of view in this proclamation?

Compare how this proclamation and a Native petition about land loss would likely describe removal.

Use one piece of evidence from the proclamation and explain how it would contrast with a petition writer’s language in one paragraph.

Using evidence from the proclamation, explain how the document helps a historian contextualize why land loss and forced movement occurred for some Native allies of Britain after the Revolution.

Use at least two details from the proclamation in one paragraph.

Which comparison is most supported by the map when contrasted with a Native petition about land loss from the same period?

Using evidence from the map, explain how the document supports the idea of:

(1) land loss and

(2) forced movement after the American Revolution.

Use at least two specific map details in one paragraph.

Explain how the locations shown (rivers and the Great Lakes) help a historian understand the challenges Native families might have faced if they were forced to move.

Use one specific place label from the map in one paragraph.

Which map feature best supports the idea that people were expected to move away from their river lands?

Based on the map, which inference is most reasonable about why survey lines and boundary stakes are shown?

Which detail from the notice is the strongest evidence that the state treated the land as an economic resource after the war?

Which comparison is most supported when you contrast this notice with a Native petition about land loss from the same period?

Explain how postwar economic pressures (such as funding government and encouraging settlement) could shape the language and priorities of the commissioners’ notice.

Use one detail from the document as evidence in one paragraph.

Based on the notice, which economic goal is most likely driving the land sales?

Using evidence from the notice, explain how economic decisions after the war could contribute to:

(1) land loss and

(2) pressure to move.

Use at least two specific details (such as the price/parcel list and the relocation reference) in one paragraph.