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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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'''BIG IDEAS'''
'''BIG IDEAS'''
* Northeastern Native American tribal alliances  
* Northeastern Native American tribal alliances  
** Iroquois
** '''Iroquois'''
*** generally aligned with the British
*** generally aligned with the British
** Algonquin
** '''Algonquin'''
*** generally aligned with the French
*** generally aligned with the French
'''DETAILS'''
'''DETAILS'''
* Iroquois League, established c. 1450 to 1660
* '''Iroquois League''', established c. 1450 to 1660
** confederacy of Iroquois speaking tribes: Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca
** confederacy of Iroquois speaking tribes: Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca
** 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)
** NOTE: “nation” or “clans” = better descriptor than “tribes” but collections of tribes who share certain commonalities, viz location, language, leadership, conquest, adoption
** NOTE: “nation” or “clans” = better descriptor than “tribes” but collections of tribes who share certain commonalities, viz location, language, leadership, conquest, adoption