Changes to American Society and Culture from 1700 to 1812: Native Americans and How They Helped Shape America (MS)

By Marcelainla

  • Covenant Chain

    Covenant Chain
    An alliance and treaty system between the Iroquois and English. From 1677 to 1777 the Iroquois and their allies met almost annually in Albany with the English from colonial New York and other English colonies to renew the terms of the alliance.(1)
    1.[link text]Covenant Chain :: The Encyclopedia of New York State :: Syracuse University Press. Accessed June 26, 2017. http://www.syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu/encyclopedia/entries/convenant-chain.html.

  • 1737 The Walking Purchase (or Walking Treaty)

    1737 The Walking Purchase (or Walking Treaty)
    "Walking Purchase, (Aug. 25, 1737), land swindle perpetrated by Pennsylvania authorities on the Delaware Indians...members of the Iroquois Confederacy helped enforce this decision...to this the Delaware joined the French...in the last French and Indian War (1756–63)."(2)
    2.[Link text]The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Walking Purchase." Encyclopædia Britannica. April 19, 2017. Accessed June 26, 2017. https://www.britannica.com/event/Walking-Purchase.

  • French and Indian War (1754–1763)

    French and Indian War (1754–1763)
    "England and France end the Seven Years’ War...In the Treaty of Paris...France cedes its claims to most of North America east of the Mississippi to Britain. But in Ohio, the Ottawa chief Pontiac continues warring with the British over the taking of Native lands."(3)
    3.[Link text]"Treaty of Paris ends war; Britain claims Native lands - Timeline - Native Voices." U.S. National Library of Medicine. Accessed June 26, 2017. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/222.html.

  • 1763-The Royal Proclamation of 1763

    1763-The Royal Proclamation of 1763
    "In 1763, end of the French and Indian War, the British issued a proclamation,mainly intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. In the centuries since the proclamation, it has become one of the cornerstones of Native American law in the United States and Canada."(4)
    4.[Link Text]History.com Staff. "Proclamation of 1763." History.com. 2009. Accessed June 26, 2017. http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/1763-proclamation-of.

  • Northwest Ordinance 1787

    Northwest Ordinance 1787
    "The Northwest Ordinance also provided a method for admitting new states to the Union and spelled out a plan that would allow the U.S. to expand its boundaries to the Pacific—which would result in the taking of lands from hundreds of Indian tribes."(5)
    5.[Link text]"The Northwest Ordinance guarantees tribal land rights - Timeline - Native Voices." U.S. National Library of Medicine. Accessed June 26, 2017. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/241.html.

  • War of 1812

    War of 1812
    "In 1813, at the Battle of the Thames (or Battle of Moravian Town), a combined British and Native force meets the U.S. Army, led by the Indian Territory governor William Henry Harrison. Amid heavy fighting, the British troops flee, leaving Tecumseh’s troops to fight alone. Tecumseh is killed."(6)
    6."War of 1812 breaks Tecumseh's resistance - Timeline - Native Voices." U.S. National Library of Medicine. Accessed June 26, 2017. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/260.html.