FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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Question
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end wars among members and provide defense against outsiders
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stop trade with tribes to the west
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divide fishing groups and limit hunting season
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increase production of corn and end dependence on trade goods
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Detailed explanation-1: -Well before Europeans came to North America, they organized the Iroquois League. The goal was to promote peace among themselves. Their system of government was so good, it inspired the framers of the U.S. Constitution.
Detailed explanation-2: -The combination of guns and the cultural divide that resulted from the split of the Iroquois between the colonists and the British during the Revolutionary War brought down the Iroquois Confederacy.
Detailed explanation-3: -The most important accomplishment of the Iroquois was to unite their woodland tribes in the League of the Iroquois. This confederacy brought together five tribes–the Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, and Mohawk–in peaceful alliance and cooperative government after a long history of hostility (Doherty 12).