Sunday, February 3, 2013

John Sutter, California Settler by Jennifer Rose

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Book Title: John Sutter, California Settler
Author: Jennifer Rose
Orange Book: 978-0-02-202641-7
Blue Book: 978-0-02-202642-4
Green Book: 978-0-02-202644-8
Purple Book: 978-0-02-202643-1

Chapter 1: John Sutter’s Secret
1. What tool did John use to cut gold from the bottom of the stream?
2. What was the name of the river John discovered gold in?
3. What was the name of the valley this river was located in?
4. What were the workers in the sawmill discovering everyday?
5. Was everyone excited about discovering gold?
6. What did John ask from his workers?
7. What was John’s secret?
8. Was John’s discovery the first in California?

Chapter 2: California Dreams
1. What was on John’s mind in 1834?
2. In which country could you go to jail for owing money?
3. Was John married?
4. How many children did he have?
5. What are the things you could do to make a living?
6. Where did John work as a trader?
7. From where did Sutter sail from when he went to the Sandwich Islands?
8. Who did he meet at the Sandwich Islands? (A)
9. What did A loan Sutter?
10. Who helped Sutter begin his California community?
11. How many settlers did Sutter have?
12. What did Sutter hire?

Chapter 3: Captain Sutter’s Cannons
1. What two rivers met on the eighth afternoon?
2. The Maidu met Sutter on ______________ day.
3. Who lived in the Sacramento Valley when Sutter arrived?
4. What did Sutter do to say goodbye to the crew that sailed them up the river?
5. What howled in the woods?
6. Weapons were _______________________________________ items.
7. What did Sutter have by winter?
8. What was built on the river bank?
9. Were most of the workers Indians?

Chapter 4: Destination, Sutter’s Fort
1. How were Americans moving to California?
2. Trails were marked by _________________.
3. Sutter kept his fort well supplied with ______________  and ____________.
4. What were the names of the two Indian vaqueros that try to help the Donner party?
5. How many people survived from the Donner party?
6. What did the survivors say happened to Luis and Salvador?

Chapter 5: Gold!
1. Who did Sutter hire to supervise the construction of the sawmill?
2. What did Marshall pull out of his handkerchief?
3. Who owned the land around the sawmill?
4. Who told Sutter the Indians had no right to sell the land?
5. What spread among Sutter’s workers?
6. How many men remained in San Francisco by May of 1848?
7. How many miners were working in California by 1849?
8. Who put up tents on Sutter’s land?
9. Who ate Sutter’s cattle?
10. What year did John Sutter die?
11. What year did James Marshall die?

Chapter 6: Ruined, but Remembered
1. How would you remember John Sutter?

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