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Trade, alliances, treaties, broken treaties and wars between Indigenous nations and European colonists, following the California Grade 5 History-Social Science standards.
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In March 1621 the Wampanoag leader Massasoit and the Plymouth colonists made their first treaty. What did the two sides promise each other?
Tisquantum (Squanto), a Patuxet man who spoke English, worked with the Plymouth colonists in 1621. Which skill did he show them?
Hungry Jamestown colonists depended on trade with the Powhatan after 1607, and the colonist John Smith arranged exchanges for food in return for metal tools and beads. Which food did the Powhatan trade to Jamestown?

In the 1620s Mohawk traders carried goods to the Dutch post at Fort Orange on the Hudson River. What did the Mohawk bring to trade there?

At treaty councils, Haudenosaunee and colonial leaders exchanged belts woven from purple and white shell beads. What was the main job of a wampum belt?

The Covenant Chain, first written down at Albany in 1677, became a long-lasting alliance. Which two groups made it?

In 1701 representatives of 39 Indigenous nations met French officials at Montreal. What did they agree to?

In the Pequot War of 1636-1637, colonists from Connecticut and Massachusetts Bay fought the Pequot. Which two Indigenous nations fought alongside those colonists?
In 1682 William Penn met Lenape leaders near the Delaware River. What did Penn's government do before colonists settled on Lenape land?

The 1737 Walking Purchase let Pennsylvania claim as much Lenape land as a man could walk in a day and a half. How did officials stretch the claim far past what the Lenape expected?
After the French and Indian War, Britain's Proclamation of 1763 drew a line along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains. What did it order British colonists to do?

In the 1700s many nations of the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley traded and allied with France rather than Britain. Which reason best explains that choice?
During the Revolutionary War the Haudenosaunee Confederacy divided over which side to support. Which two of its nations, both still governing communities today, supported the American side?
Many Indigenous farmers in eastern North America planted corn, beans and squash together in one field, and colonists learned from them. What were these three crops called?
The 1835 Treaty of New Echota traded Cherokee land in the Southeast for land in the West. Why did most Cherokee people say the treaty did not speak for them?
In 1838 the U.S. Army forced thousands of Cherokee people from their homes and marched them west to Indian Territory, and about a quarter of them died. What is this forced march called?
The Haudenosaunee Confederacy grew from five nations to six when the Tuscarora joined it in 1722.
Britain's Proclamation of 1763 did not stop colonists from moving onto Indigenous land west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is one example of cooperation between Native peoples and European settlers in early North America?
True or False: The Wampanoag, the Powhatan and the Lenape all belonged to one single nation with the same leaders.
Why did land become a major source of conflict between Native peoples and European settlers?
European traders paid well for beaver pelts during the fur trade. What were most of those pelts made into in Europe?
What was an alliance?
True or False: The Narragansett fought beside the English against the Pequot in 1637 but later fought against the English in King Philip's War.
Which statement best describes the relationship between the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims at Plymouth at first?
Who was Squanto, also known as Tisquantum?
What was one cause of conflict between the Powhatan peoples and English settlers at Jamestown?
True or False: Disease brought by Europeans harmed many Native communities because they had little immunity to new illnesses.
How could trade create both cooperation and conflict?
What was the Haudenosaunee Confederacy known for?
Which action is an example of diplomacy?
True or False: The 1621 treaty between Massasoit and Plymouth broke down into war within five years.
What was one reason cultural misunderstandings caused conflict?
Which European group often built strong fur-trade alliances with Native nations in the Great Lakes and Canada?
What was King Philip's War mainly about?
True or False: French fur traders learned to travel inland by birchbark canoe from their Native guides and trading partners.
Why did some Native nations choose not to cooperate with settlers?
Which is the best example of conflict among Native nations before or during European colonization?
How did European weapons and goods affect relationships among Native nations?
What is the best overall summary of cooperation and conflict in early America?
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