American strategic choices. He sees this as an oversimplification and suggests that an increase in the number of variables should be considered. Lee uses those multiple variables to compare the choices made in two campaigns‚ Philadelphia 1777–78 and Iroquois
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Americans homes‚ family‚ and fields were destroyed by the war. The group from the Native Americans mostly affected by war were the Iroquois. In the summer of 1779‚ American troops launched raids into the Iroquois country. These attacks caused many burning villages‚ the killing of men‚ women‚ and children‚ and destroying a lot of corn. By the end of the war the Iroquois had lost about one-third of their people as well as many towns. Even though many Native Americans lost lives because of the war‚ it
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Martin Luther King Jr. told thousands of people about his dream on August 28‚ 1963. He told them that one day every American citizen will walk hand-in-hand and be treated like one another disregarding gender‚ race‚ or religion. Did Martin Luther King feel the need to make this speech because America had lost its vision of the American Dream? For instance‚ the American Dream has been practiced since Pre-Colonial times; influencing citizens that America can always be improved and made better. The first
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Lori-Ann Rapattoni EDER 309 October 31‚ 2012 “Woman Who Fell From the Sky” Lesson Plan This essay will present a cross-curricular lesson on a Native-American creation story/myth. It will be organized in four parts. These will include a detailed description of the topic‚ instructional objectives and learner goals‚ detailed content of the instruction and an art-based extension of the lesson. The lesson will comply with the learning areas of the Social Studies‚ Language Arts‚ and the
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• The word "pueblo" comes from the Spanish word "town". Spanish explorers first came across the Indians in the 16th century. • In most Pueblo tribes men were responsible for farming and warfare where as women took care of the home and family. • War/Battle of Acoma Pueblo‚ January 1599 o Spanish conquistadors Vs. Acoma Native Americans o Modern day New Mexico o For the first two days the Spanish and Acoma skirmished inconclusively until Zaldivar developed a plan to breach the pueblo using a small
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was part of the cultural and political union of several Native Americans tribes founded 1570s‚ under the Iroquois Confederacy. Therefore‚ the Mohawk were considered to be the "keepers of the eastern door" by the Iroquois confederacy because of their brutal violence against their enemies and most feared of all Native Indian tribes at war. Addition‚ the Mohawk were Indians who spoke the Iroquois language and used to called themselves "Kanienkahagen" that means "people of the flint." The Hudson and
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powerful methods of dominating others is through a tradition known as ‘caressing.’ This is a term for the treatment prisoner receive when they are captured by an enemy. This torture method‚ used by both Huron and Iroquois‚ is one Christophe is forced to endure at the hands of the Iroquois. This painful experience is one meant to show dominance and power. For more than two days‚ he was jabbed with sharpened hot sticks‚ had his tongue removed‚ and was put through other equally painful treatments. The
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perspectives come together as a whole? If people don’t have equal rights will there nation ever be whole? In order to have a nation come together everyone needs to voice their opinion but respect others. In the passages Declaration Of Independence‚ Iroquois Constitution and the video Federalist Paper 10 it shows the nation coming together. Firstly In the Declaration Of Independence by Benjamin Franklin it shows how a large group of people could come together as one to make decisions. In the passage
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the Iroquois. The former two groups and the latter two groups are shown in a stark contrast. The Delaware and the Mohicans are portrayed as peaceful‚ calm‚ and kind Native Americans. While the Mohawks‚ Iroquois‚ and Huron Native Americans along with being deceitful‚ are shown as bloodthirsty‚ and vengeful human beings. While many people praise Cooper for inserting humanizing aspects of Native Americans in his narrative‚ many people forget to cite him for reducing the Mohawks‚ Iroquois‚ and
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Religious Conversion: Mission Impossible? The Society of Jesus‚ the Jesuits‚ had remarkable zeal for missions and they wanted to impact the world by winning souls. The Recollects sent an invitation to the Order that in New France (now Canada) there were Native Indians that needed to be Christianized. The church chose to send Jean Brebeuf who had entered the Society in 1617‚ a man who devoted his life to serve the Lord. This endeavour would not be easy‚ awaiting them was a group of unchurched
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