HIST 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Saint Lawrence River, Northwest Passage
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Chose one of the following questions to write for your quiz on. The paper should be proof read, cited and use quotes from the source material. I expect your answer to be between 1 and 2 pages in length. Describe the ways by which the iroquois settled and dominated the region of modern northern new york. Iroquois of the lower great lakes and saint lawrence valley spoke a number of distinct and mutually unintelligible languages classified as iroquoian. They were more formally structured, socially and politically, than the algonquians. Skilled traders and ferocious warriors, they played a dominant role in the political history of new york throughout the colonial period (pg. Those who shared a common language felt a special affinity and generally regarded themselves as single people, or tribe (pg. The confederacy made the iroquois the most formidable threat to european colonization, it also bred a strong sense of cultural superiority (pg.
