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)