HSTAA 105 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Iroquois, Beaver Wars, Civic Nationalism

• School: UW
• Department: History of North America
• Course: HSTAA 105
• Professor: James Gregory

Document Summary

Many of our last names come from british decent. Anglo-saxons: people of the united kingdom - most likely to call themselves genuine. Foundation culture concept: lasting imprint and effect of those who come firs. All but one president has been a white male. What was the significance of "british american fertility?" Fertility is one of the secrets to british imprint. How did the two principal british colonial economic enterprises - furs and farming - affec. Beaver fur was a very valuable trade item. Tobacco was the most valuable farming trade item - indians were pushed out of thei settled. Americans would trade guns and knives for fur which native americans needed to su settlers. Iroquois, cherokee, and creek confederations benefited from fur trade. Beaver wars - iroquois sought to expand territory and tried to control fur trade. Iroquois conquer all the peoples(mohican, huron, erie) in the northeast territo.