7. FORGING A NEW NATION, 1783

Quiz for Guided Analysis Document 7.1 United Indian Nations Council, Message to Congress, 1786

Quiz for Guided Analysis Document 7.1: United Indian Nations Council, Message to Congress, 1786

Choose the best answer to the question.

1. What complaint did the Indians have regarding the conclusion of the American Revolution?

The Americans did not include them in negotiations.

The Indians did not receive pensions for their assistance.

The British did not honor any of their promises.

The Spanish occupied land west of the Mississippi.

2. To what “mischief” were the Indians likely referring in the opening sentence of the second paragraph?

The celebration of Thanksgiving every year

Pranks and tricks perpetrated against the Indians

The secret selling of Indian lands with public approval

The deportation of Indians to England after the war

3. What did the United Indian Nations Council request of Americans as a means of creating a better relationship between the two groups?

The creation of safe reservations

Open and public sale of land

Indian congressional representation

Third-party arbitration for land sales

4. What made this declaration and the united request for Indian cooperation unique in the history of Indian and European relations?

Indian alliances were rare in history.

Indians had never negotiated with colonists.

Indians did not often speak English.

Indians had never kept their end of a treaty.

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