Please watch the following video about Tecumseh and the Prophet:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/video/flv/generic.html?s=wesr37
Then, complete the following questions. Complete sentences are required. You will be turning this in.
1) The video
calls Tecumseh a “visionary.” What was his vision? (Note that here we’re
talking about Tecumseh – not his brother, the prophet.)
2) From what
you learned in the video, how would you describe Tecumseh’s personality? (Hint:
“Even his enemies admired him.”)
3) Tecumseh
said, “The master of life knows no boundaries.” What did he mean? To what
conflict was he referring?
4) Why is it
said that Tecumseh’s brother “lived in his shadow”?
5) Thomas
Jefferson was looking for an “empire of liberty.” What did this empire require,
and how does this present a problem for the natives?
6) Why was
Tecumseh convinced that the “Indian way of life was dying”? (Think of specific
ways in which Native American life was disrupted.)
7) Many
natives incurred debt through the exchange of fur for goods. What were they
required to give once they could not pay their debt?
8) What
horrific event(s) lead the Shawnee to ask, “Why has the Master of Life done
this to us?”
9) Tecumseh’s
brother has a vision after falling into a fire. What was his vision? What is
the message behind his vision?
10) What
event, predicted by Tecumseh’s brother, caused many natives from other tribes
to follow him as a prophet?
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