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chapter 4 maine
Father sebastian Rasle
Question | Answer |
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date of birth | unknown |
could have lived a comfortable life, but instead...? | became a Catholic missionary and headed to New France |
Who did he work among before heading to Maine? | native people in Quebec and Illinois |
Where is this small native village located and what is it known as today? | located on the Kennebec River, known today Norridgewock. |
what did he build and why? | he built a church and a school to teach natives about Catholic Faith and help preserve their language |
Indians called the French Jesuit priests.....? | black robes |
Why was he disliked by many English settlers in Maine and Massachusetts? | because they heard that he was constantly telling the Indians to attack the English. |
What did the English use as proof that he wanted war? | a group of settlers stole his strongbox and told the rest of the settlers that the letters were calling for war. |
How did Rasle die? | when in 1724, an army from Boston surrounded his church while the people inside were praying |
He was killed with how many other people at the mission? | 80 |