Native Americans and Colonists

When the first European traders came to the north Atlantic coast, about 1600 AD, the Iroquois were very interested in trading with them.

Village of Secotan Southern Iroquois village (modern North Carolina), 1500s AD Soon the Iroquois found themselves involved in a war with the Algonquins to their north.

They pushed the Shawnee to their south off their land, and the Iroquois took it over, while the Shawnee had to move into Cherokee land.

PYTHAGORAS DAEDALUS/ICARUS COFFEE SLAVERY OPIUM PLATO During the American Revolutionary War a few years later, therefore, some of the Iroquois stayed on the side of the British, while others (the Tuscarora and the Oneida) sided with the Americans and their French allies.

PYTHAGORAS DAEDALUS/ICARUS COFFEE SLAVERY OPIUM PLATO During the American Revolutionary War a few years later, therefore, some of the Iroquois stayed on the side of the British, while others (the Tuscarora and the Oneida) sided with the Americans and their French allies.

Some Iroquois still live in New York State; others, like some Cayuga, Oneida, and Seneca, moved west to Oklahoma or Wisconsin.

People sold the Dutch traders lots and lots of beaver furs, and in exchange they got glass beads and wool blankets and lots of other cool stuff.

When the first European traders came to the north Atlantic coast, about 1600 AD, the Iroquois were very interested in trading with them.

Hendrick 1740 The Mohawk chief Tiyonaga in 1740 After the war, in 1763, the British governors promised that no European settlers would move into Iroquois land, but nobody really paid any attention to this, and people just kept moving in anyway.

They pushed the Shawnee to their south off their land, and the Iroquois took it over, while the Shawnee had to move into Cherokee land.

But in the 1630s, smallpox epidemics brought by Dutch children killed more than half of the Iroquois people and made them much weaker.

Fort Orange 1624 The Dutch settlement at Fort Orange (modern Albany) in 1624 By the 1650s, thanks to their unified confederacy and guns they got from the Dutch, the Iroquois had become very strong, and not only the Algonquins but also the French were afraid of them and went out of their way not to annoy them.

Some Iroquois still live in New York State; others, like some Cayuga, Oneida, and Seneca, moved west to Oklahoma or Wisconsin.

Village of Secotan Southern Iroquois village (modern North Carolina), 1500s AD Soon the Iroquois found themselves involved in a war with the Algonquins to their north.

Some Iroquois still live in New York State; others, like some Cayuga, Oneida, and Seneca, moved west to Oklahoma or Wisconsin.

Fort Orange 1624 The Dutch settlement at Fort Orange (modern Albany) in 1624 By the 1650s, thanks to their unified confederacy and guns they got from the Dutch, the Iroquois had become very strong, and not only the Algonquins but also the French were afraid of them and went out of their way not to annoy them.

Some Iroquois still live in New York State; others, like some Cayuga, Oneida, and Seneca, moved west to Oklahoma or Wisconsin.

Using steel weapons they got from the French, the Algonquins took over a lot of Iroquois land (in modern New York State) and drove the Iroquois to the south, and even forced the Iroquois to pay tribute to the Algonquins.

PYTHAGORAS DAEDALUS/ICARUS COFFEE SLAVERY OPIUM PLATO During the American Revolutionary War a few years later, therefore, some of the Iroquois stayed on the side of the British, while others (the Tuscarora and the Oneida) sided with the Americans and their French allies.

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When the first European traders came to the north Atlantic coast, about 1600 AD, the Iroquois were very interested in trading with them.

Using steel weapons they got from the French, the Algonquins took over a lot of Iroquois land (in modern New York State) and drove the Iroquois to the south, and even forced the Iroquois to pay tribute to the Algonquins.