US History timeline & concept chart: 10th-16th centuries pre-colonial Native Americans to early North American colonization (Spanish, French, Dutch): Difference between revisions

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 *** saw religious rules as essential, called them “Justice and Mercy” and should apply to all, rich and poor
 ** historians see “City upon a Hill” as a statement of “American exceptionalism”
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+== Post-Columbian Eastern Native American tribes overview ==
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+|+ '''Post-Columbian Eastern Native American tribes overview'''
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+| '''PERIOD / TIMELINE'''
+* Iroquois League, 1450-1660
+|| '''Major Events, Concepts & Themes'''
+* Iroquois League/ Confederacy: union of “Five Nations” of Iroquois-speaking tribes
+| cell style="width:60%" |'''Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events'''
+'''BIG IDEAS'''
+* Northeastern Native American tribal alliances
+** Iroquois
+*** generally aligned with the British
+** Algonquin
+*** generally aligned with the French
+'''DETAILS'''
+* Iroquois League, established c. 1450 to 1660
+** confederacy of Iroquois speaking tribes: Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca
+** known to the English as “Five Nations”
+*** later Six Nations after Tuscarora joined in 1722)
+** NOTE: “nation” or “clans” = better descriptor than “tribes” but collections of tribes who share certain commonalities, viz location, language, leadership, conquest, adoption
+** the League negotiated w/ English, maintained independence
+** opposed to the Algonquian, which were aligned w/ French, but some Iroquois settled in French held territory and aligned w/ them
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