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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*** to control the St. Lawrence River system & lower Great Lakes | *** to control the St. Lawrence River system & lower Great Lakes | ||
*** to control the Ohio Valley | *** to control the Ohio Valley | ||
** Iroquois succeeded in controlling Ohio valley by 1670 | |||
*** and pushed other tribes further west, such as the Lakotas and the Shawnee | |||
** Iroquois expansion also included western Maryland and Virginia | |||
* '''Wabanaki Confederacy''', 1680s | * '''Wabanaki Confederacy''', 1680s | ||
** alliance of four main and ten other Algonquian tribes in '''Acadia''' | ** alliance of four main and ten other Algonquian tribes in '''Acadia''' | ||