USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Iroquois Confederacy, or League of the Iroquois, Confederation of five (later six) Indian tribes across upper New York that in the 17th–18th century played a strategic role in the struggle between the French and British for supremacy in North America.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: The Iroquois Confederacy was so powerful because of its size and power and because of its shrewd diplomacy with European powers. The Confederacy united five and then six tribes together, which provided it with size and strength in conflicts and disputes with other native groups.

Detailed explanation-3: -Seneca. The Seneca, or Onödowa’ga:’ (“People of the Great Hill”), were the largest of the nations that made up the early Iroquois Confederacy. With eight clans, they were represented by eight sachems on the Great Council.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Iroquois Confederacy were also known as the Iroquois League, Five Nations, the Iroquois, and later the Six Nations. The confederacy was formed around 1350 to 1600 during a dark time of constant wars in between the original five tribes.