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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* Iroquois League, 1450-1660 | * Iroquois League, 1450-1660 | ||
|| '''Major Events, Concepts & Themes''' | || '''Major Events, Concepts & Themes''' | ||
* pre-Columbian Native American tribes/ alliances/ integrations | |||
* post-Columbian exchange | |||
** trade | |||
** technological and economic exchange changed intra-tribal power dynamics, including: | |||
*** iron tools and weapons, guns, horses | |||
*** colonial and European trade and currencies/ value systems | |||
* Iroquois League/ Confederacy: union of “Five Nations” of Iroquois-speaking tribes | * Iroquois League/ Confederacy: union of “Five Nations” of Iroquois-speaking tribes | ||
** leverage colonial contacts for expansion | |||
| cell style="width:60%" |'''Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events''' | | cell style="width:60%" |'''Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events''' | ||
'''BIG IDEAS''' | '''BIG IDEAS''' | ||
[[File:Early Localization Native Americans NY.svg|thumb|Map of the New York tribes before European arrival: Iroquoian tribes Algonquian tribes]] | |||
* Northeastern Native American tribal alliances | * Northeastern Native American tribal alliances | ||
** '''Iroquois''' | ** '''Iroquois''' tribes | ||
*** generally aligned with the British | *** generally aligned with the British | ||
** '''Algonquin''' | ** '''Algonquin''' tribes | ||
*** generally aligned with the French | *** generally aligned with the French | ||
'''DETAILS''' | '''DETAILS''' | ||
* '''Iroquois League''', established c. 1450 to 1660 | * '''Iroquois League''', established c. 1450 (prior to Columbus), lasted to 1660 | ||
** confederacy of Iroquois speaking tribes: Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca | ** confederacy of Iroquois speaking tribes: Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca | ||
** the most powerful of Indian alliances | |||
** ''Iroquois'' = French name given to the tribes | |||
** to the Iroquois, their name was "Haudenosaunee" for "People of the Longhouse" | |||
** known to the English as “'''Five Nations'''” | ** known to the English as “'''Five Nations'''” | ||
*** later Six Nations after Tuscarora joined in 1722) | *** later Six Nations after Tuscarora joined in 1722) |