USA HISTORY Flashcards
Why was the American Revolution considered invetiable?
European quests for social
freedom, individual liberties, and economic prosperity
on North America’s shores.
What did socail groups include?
Social groups included clan, tribe, village,
chiefdom, and confederacy.
Why did conflicts occur with Native Americans?
Conflicts between groups occurred
for many reasons, including territory, hunting or
agricultural practices, differing customs, and more.
What killed of many Native American tribes?
Native
American societies were severely weakened by disease.
Algonquian peoples,
one of North America’s
most populous and widespread Native language
groups.
Which groups included Algoquian groups?
the Powhatan tribe near Jamestown and the Pequots
and Narragansetts,
where did the Algoquian people live before Euopean arrival?
settlements along the Atlantic Coast
and into the interior, along the St. Lawrence River
and Great Lakes,
Three Sisters.
corn, bean, squash
What was the Powhatan earliest conflcits with European settlers?
The Powhatan organized a confederacy and fiercely
resisted Virginia’s westward expansion.
Wampogathos earliest conflict with Europeans?
opposed the Puritans’ encroachment
into Native lands in King Phillip’s War.
The Iroquois Confederacy
consisted of an alliance between five
independent nations that shared a related language.
What nations did the Iroquois Confederacy consist?
The five nations
that composed the alliance were the Mohawk, Oneida,
Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca.
Which nation joined the Iroquois Confederacy in 1722?
1722, the Iroquoian-speaking
Tuscarora people joined the Confederacy.
Where was the Iroquois homeland?
the Iroquois’ homeland in the Great
Lakes region of Upstate New York and Canada
What is first advantage of the location of the Iroquiois homeland?
the distance from
the initial colonial presence on the East Coast allowed
the Iroquois time to observe European intentions and
interactions with other Native groups.
