1. The CREEKS
CHEROKEE NATION
THE PRINCIPLE PEOPLE
The Cherokees

2. THE CREEK INDIANS The Creek war town was Coweta
The Creek peace town was called Cusseta
Those who wanted war were called Red Sticks
Those Indians who wanted peace were called White Sticks
Creek Chief William McIntosh signed the Treaty of Indian Springs.
This treaty made the Creeks turn over all their land!
Angry Creeks murdered Chief McIntosh for signing the treaty.

3. CREEK INDIANS The Creeks lived in a confederacy.
Cherokee
A confederacy is a nation of tribes or states.
The Upper Creeks lived along the Coosa, Talapoosa, and Alabama Rivers.
The Lower Creeks lived along the Flint and Chattahoochee River.

4. cherokee homes Hot houses for tribal ceremonies
Permanent homes of wood
Hot houses for tribal ceremonies
Built homes like whites

5. CHEROKEE FOODS Wild foods from the forest
Planted squash, corn, beans & sunflowers
Hunted deer, bear and bison

6. CHEROKEE DRESS Used animal fur and skin Men wore cloaks
Women wore red and yellow mantels & skirts
Warriors wore red feathers
Jewelry of bone shell and gold

7. Cherokee government Both men and women were involved
Civil & war councils
Later imitate US system of government

8. Cherokee Families Children belong to the mother’s clan
Seven clans per tribe
Could not marry within your own clan

9. Cherokee Religion Supreme being called YOWA
Sacred objects such as quartz and eagles
Sacred number was seven
Believed in life after death

10. Cherokee 7’s important festivals women in the council
clans in their tribe
sided council building
towns served as clan headquarters
Children per household

11. CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE CHEROKEES
Sequoyah invented the written syllabary
First Native American Newspaper…The Phoenix
First Native American to imitate U.S. form of government
Set up their national capital in New Echota

12. Trail of Tears Gold was found in Dahlonega.
The legislature passed laws placing the Cherokees under Georgia’s control.
Without any hope, Cherokee leaders signed the Treaty of New Echota.
The treaty took all land away from the Cherokees and removed them to present day Oklahoma.
4,000 of the 15,000 Cherokees died during the trek to their new home.

13. 1.Who was McIntosh and what happened to him?F
Multiple Choice
iRespond Question
1.Who was McIntosh and what happened to him?
A.) The Cherokee Chief who fights against removal and is killed.
B.) The Creek Chief who fights against removal and is killed
C.) The Cherokee Chief who signs the Treaty of New Echota and is killed
D.) The Creek Chief who signs the Treaty of Indian Springs and is killed.
E.)

14. 2. What was the difference between Red sticks and white sticks?
iRespond Question F
Multiple Choice
A.) White Sticks fought and did not want peace. Red sticks wanted peace.
B.) Red sticks fought and did not want peace, White sticks wanted peace.
C.)
D.)
E.)

15. 3.What is a confederacy?
iRespond Question F
Multiple Choice
A.) a union of tribes or states with a weak central government.
B.) a union of tribes or states with a strong central government.
C.)
D.)
E.)

16. 4. Which Native tribe in Georgia was a confederacy?
iRespond Question F
Multiple Choice
A.) Cherokee
B.) Creek
C.)
D.)
E.)

17. 5.Which tribe built permanent homes?
iRespond Question F
Multiple Choice
A.) Cherokee
B.) Creek
C.)
D.)
E.)

18. 6. Who was Sequoyah?
iRespond Question F
Multiple Choice
A.) A Creek Native who developed the Creek written language.
B.) A. Creek Chief who was not in favor of removal
C.) A Cherokee Chief who developed the Cherokee written language.
D.) A Cherokee Chief who was not in favor of removal.
E.)

19. 7. Which tribe was the first to form US form of government?
iRespond Question F
Multiple Choice
A.) Seminoles
B.) Cherokee
C.) Creeks
D.) Yamacraw
E.)

20. 8. What was the first native newspaper and which native nation created it?
iRespond Question F
Multiple Choice
A.) Pheonix and the Cherokee
B.) The Eagle and the Cherokee
C.) The Soaring Heights and the Creek
D.) The Yamacraw News and Yamacraw
E.)

21. 9. Which Native tribe stayed the south east the longest?
iRespond Question F
Multiple Choice
A.) Creek
B.) Seminoles
C.) Cherokee
D.) Yamacraw
E.)

22. 10. What was discovered that helped lead to the removal of the Cherokee from Georgia?
iRespond Question F
Multiple Choice
A.) Rich soil
B.) Diamonds
C.) Coal
D.) Gold
E.)

23. 11. How many Cherokees died along the Trail of Tears?
iRespond Question F
Multiple Choice
A.) 10,000 natives
B.) 4, 000 natives
C.) 8, 000 natives
D.) 1,000 natives
E.)

24. 12. Why did Macon, Milledgeville, and Columbus develop as cities?
iRespond Question F
Multiple Choice
A.) they were stops for the railroads
B.) they were sea ports
C.) they were trading posts on the rivers
D.) they were exits for the interstates
E.)

25. 13. A privately maintained road that you had to pay to use was called a ____________.
iRespond Question F
Multiple Choice
A.) interstate
B.) turnpike
C.) pay road
D.) highway
E.)

26. 14. Which railroad connected Savannah to Macon?
iRespond Question F
Multiple Choice
A.) The Western and Atlantic Railroad
B.) The Georgia Railroad
C.) The Central Railroad
D.)
E.)

27. 15. Why did Atlanta develop as a city?
iRespond Question F
Multiple Choice
A.) As a trading post on the Chattahoochee
B.) As a major connecting point for the railroad
C.) As a port city for importing and exporting
D.) As a the capital in 1800
E.)