Origin of the Old National Trail--  Guiding Questions

In this section you will have students use the resource links for "Trail Travels" and determine:

1.  Why the Trail was built?  Who would use it in the early 19th Century?  What was the Enabling Law of 1803?

2.  What was the trail before it would become a National Highway?

3.  Who was General Braddock, and what did he have to do with the National Trail?

4.  What role did the Native Americans have in starting a National Trail?

5.  What is the starting point of the trail?

6.  Who was the President when Congress made building a National Trail law?

7.  Why is this particular trail called the "National Trail"?