Name:________________ Date: ________________ Test Date: ____________ Alabama History Chapter 3 Study Guide 1. Allies of the colonists during the Revolutionary War: 1. France 2. Spain 2. The Creek nation divided into two groups. The Red Sticks wanted to go to war and the White Sticks wanted peace. 3. The Trail of Tears refers to the forced movement of the Indians to reservations in Oklahoma. 4. At the end of the Revolutionary War, the Treaty of Paris recognized American Independence. 5. Tecumseh was a Shawnee chief who wanted the Creek Indians to: * _Unite for a war against the Americans. * Keep the traditions and ways of the Creek Indians. 6. The Red Sticks were defeated by General Jackson at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, the final battle of the Creek War. 7. List five groups that helped the settlers in their war against the Red Sticks: * Volunteers from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia * Cherokee * Choctaw * White Sticks Creek * Chickasaw 8. The 1795 Pinckney Treaty established the border between Florida and Alabama at the 31st parallel. 9. Benjamin Hawkins wanted the Creek Indians to adopt the ways of the settlers. 10. Most of the pioneers who moved to Alabama after the Creek War came from southern states or the south. 11. Alabama became a state in 1819. 12. The Enabling Act gave Alabama some federal land to build a capital and build and support a state university. 13. The Vine and Olive Company was settled by French Military officers. 14. Before the Alabama Territory could become a state it had to write a constitution. Write a statement (something that they are known for or accomplished) to describe each person: 1. Sequoyah – Page 75: Created an alphabet for the Cherokee language 2. Andrew Jackson – page 86: Defeated the Creeks at Horseshoe Bend 3. Alexander McGillivray – page 72: Creek chief who made treaties with Spanish and Americans 4. Tecumseh – page 77: Wanted the Creek Indians to keep the traditions and ways of their people 5. Pushmataha – page 82: Choctaw chief who helped the Americans during the Creek War 6. William Weatherford – page 88: Creek chief known as Red Eagle .