1. Critical Thinking Question
People in our country speak with various dialects depending upon where they live. If everyone is an English speaking person, why do you think people developed these unique way of speaking?

2. The Backcountry
4.4 Notes

4. Geography of the Backcountry
Appalachian Mountains
Dense forests and swift streams provided many resources for small families to start personal farms and homes
Cades Cove, Tennessee

5. The Scots-Irish
In 1707, England and Scotland became one country. A group of people named the Scots-Irish were forced out of England by poverty and bad crops.
The Scots-Irish moved to the Appalachian area and brought their culture with them
Language
Clan System

6. Critical Thinking Questions
Historically, women have been treated differently by different societies. Some societies will treat women as equals to men, other societies will subjugate women to a social position that is beneath men.
Why do you think this happens? What causes a society or a group of people to think this way?

8. Backcountry Women
Very different from women in other parts of America at this time
Treated more equally to men
Worked fields
Hunted
Butchered Cattle
Women shared in the day-to-day work to care for the family

9. Other People in the Backcountry
Native Americans had been living in the backcountry for thousands of years
In 1500 Spain brought horses to Mexico
Wild Horses migrated North and Native Americans captured them and used them
Spain and France claimed parts of the west and Canada, and American settlers clashed with these groups as they moved westward
In 1718, Spain built Fort San Antonio de Bexar (The Alamo)