Reading Reflection #4: Facing East from Indian Country PDF

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Reading reflection assignment based on the book "Facing East from Indian Country"....

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Grace Rush 1403-104 Facing East from Indian Country Reading Reflection #4 Chapter 6: Separate Creations, 189-223 (don't read all the way to the end of the chapter) 1. ● How did you make the transition back to this book? ○ It was difficult because I was really getting into the other book and I felt that it was easier to understand. I wanted to keep reading it because the stories were intriguing. ● Can you describe how these two books are different in terms of writing style? ○ Facing East from Indian Country is different in terms of writing style because it is written in supposed facts and historical wording. This book is written to talk about many different people and the history of each person and the events they were in. Never Caught is written in story form as well as historical references. The author also talks about how the “characters” may have felt in that time and the situations that occurred. For the most part, the book follows the story of one person but does tell stories about other people in relation to the “main” character. 2. ● What do Pontiac and the Paxton Boys illustrate about the state of the pays d’en haut after 1763? ○ They called it the “cleansing war against “the Whites”. The British took over New France ending the treaty. They blamed the minorities for the conflict and the anger of the Master of Life. They chose specific targets to murder based on race. They tortured Native American Indians; the Susquehanna Company squatters. They tried to take over in a way to rule. Overall, they just tried to take out all the races they didn’t like and blamed them for everything. 3. ● What role did the British play in mediating between native peoples and colonists between 1763 and 1776? ○ The British were now called “The Seven Nations of Canada”. They mediated by taking the role as military buffers between the colonizing powers. In a way, the British helped out the Native Americans in keeping their land that they have already settled on as the Proclamation of 1763 was underway making all settlers past the Appalachian mountains have to move east of the mountains. Taxes were being collected from the colonists to help pay for the French and Indian War....