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** historians see “City upon a Hill” as a statement of “American exceptionalism” | ** 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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| '''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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