Chapter Four

Territory and Statehood

Lesson One: The Michigan Territory

ordinance, township, slavery, pioneer

Lesson Two: The War of 1812

impressment, reservation

Lesson Three:  Life on the Frontier

canal, steamboat, self-reliant

Lesson Four: Changes on the Frontier

constitution, compromise, immigrant, lumberjack

STUDY GUIDE

KNOW ALL VOCABULARY!

You should know (be able to explain):

·        Michigan fever

·        Michigan’s first governor

·        Capital of Michigan

·        Events surrounding the Toledo Strip

·        Chores of a pioneer child

·        Michigan’s major industries in the 1800’s

·        Problems the pioneers faced and how they solved them.