Analyze colonial-Indigenous relations across the 17th and 18th centuries — alliances, treaties, dispossession, and three major conflicts: the Pequot War (1636-37), King Philip's War (1675-78), and the Powhatan Wars (1610-1646)
Exercise
Difficulty 4
~7 min
hist.g5.f.ex_38
Iroquois Split Explanation
Prompt
Why did the Iroquois Confederacy SPLIT during the American Revolution? Name which 4 nations sided with Britain and which 2 sided with the Patriots.
How it's presented
mode
writing
prompt audio ID
audio.g5f.ex 38.stem
Answer criteria
type
open ended
rubric
Required: First time since Great Law of Peace the Six Nations did NOT achieve consensus / Mohawk, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca with Britain / Oneida, Tuscarora with Patriots / British Proclamation Line 1763 had protected Indigenous territory — Patriot victory would remove that protection
Hints
- Lesson 17 covered the split
- Most strategic decision based on sovereignty interests
Misconceptions to watch
- Believing 'all Iroquois sided with Britain'
- Missing the Oneida and Tuscarora Patriot alliance
Used in lessons