Read the excerpt from "Rebuilding the Cherokee Nation.”During this period of time when removal was being discussed, our own people, the Cherokees, became very bitterly divided politically. Part of our people wanted to remain here in the Southeast and throughout the rest of the Southeast and fight to the death for the right to remain in our homeland, and part of our people wanted to go on to Indian Territory, believing that the removal was inevitable, and that we should go on to Indian Territory, what is now Oklahoma, and resettle and rebuild our families and our communities there in Indian Territory.Read how Luis paraphrased the excerpt.Wilma Mankiller says that during this period of time when removal was discussed, her own people, the Cherokees, became very bitterly divided politically. Some wanted to fight to stay in their territory, but others believed the fight could not be won and they should go on to rebuild their communities in Indian Territory.Courtesy of the Wilma Mankiller Trust
Which of the original thirteen states refused to attend the Constitutional Convention?
Read the quotation from The Crisis, Number IV.“It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.”Which phrase best describes the “cause” that Paine refers to?
Read the statement.Achieving independence requires sacrifice and determination.This statement is the The Crisis, Number IV’s
Which is the best summary of the final paragraph of The Crisis, Number IV?
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