THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
PAUL REVERE BIOGRAPHY FACTS QUOTES
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to describe the effects of history on today’s Abenaki popluation.
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to grab the reader’s attention with an exciting tale.
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to describe the conflicts between Europeans and Native Americans.
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to share details about the traditional life of the Abenaki.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Abenaki set up villages along rivers and lakes where they had access to water and could hunt, farm and fish using traps called weirs. Favorite fishing spots were near waterfalls along the Merrimack, Connecticut, Saco, and Androsoggin Rivers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Abenaki (also referred to as Wobanaki or Wabanaki) take their name from a word in their own language meaning “dawn-land people” or “people from the east.” Their traditional lands included parts of southeastern Quebec, western Maine and northern New England.
Detailed explanation-3: -Historians estimate that in the early 1600s, 10, 000 Abenaki lived in what is now Vermont. For over 12, 000 years, Abenaki people have lived on this land. They hunted in the woods and fished in the rivers. The Abenaki grew crops in fields and built wigwams in villages.
Detailed explanation-4: -SWANTON-Wisdom and devotion to his people reflect in the eyes of Chief Richard Menard, leader of the Abenaki of Missisquoi.