answer the questions from the book, “They made us many promises” by phillip weeks.
1. Compare and contrast the treatment of Indians by the French in Canada and English in Massachusetts. What did each want from the Indians? What role did religion play? What were the similarities and differences in their impact on Indian societies?
2. Describe the French and English rivalry and its impact on Indians in a) The North
b) Pennsylvania and c) The South. How did Indians decide who to support? After the defeat of the French, what were Indian relations with the English like?
3. How did Spain attempt to control its Southwest territories? How complete was that control? Which Indian nations were allies of the Spanish? Enemies? What was the Spanish impact on Indian culture and society? How did they compare to the English and French?
4. How did the U.S. justify taking Indian lands after 1783? Were these justifications valid? What goals did Indian assimilation serve for the U.S.? Why did assimilation cause Indians such turmoil? Why did pressure for Indian lands increase in the 1820s? How did Andrew Jackson respond to this pressure?
5. Who did the Five Civilized Tribes support in the Civil War? Why? How did reservation life affect the Santee Sioux? What was the result? Why was there conflict with settlers in Colorado? How did it lead to the Sand Creek Massacre? What were the consequences of the Civil War for the Five Civilized Tribes? Santee Sioux? Cheyenne and Arapahoe?
6. Why was the United States interested in the Great Plains? Why was is so difficult for Plains
Indians to unite in opposition to the U.S.? What factors made warfare so difficult on the plains? How did fighting methods differ for both sides? How was Indian resistance on the Great Plains finally ended?
Question 1 is from chapter 1 from this book, question 2 is from chapter 2 and goes on for all. So its only till chapter 6, not the whole book.
Also, provide evidence for the answers (for all 6 chapters), quoting directly from this book