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Explain why the Haudenosaunee are referred to as the “Iroquois”?
That is the name the French gave them.
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What present day state did the Iroquois Confederacy exist?
New York State
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How did the Iroquois pass down their history?
Stories.
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What is a confederacy?
a league or alliance of states.
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Why did the Iroquois form a confederacy?
To gain peace and stop war.
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What was the Great Law of Peace?
An oral constitution that the confederacy followed.
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What type of information can you find in the Great Law of Peace?
Ways to live life in peace with a peaceful mindset.
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What was the Grand Council?
A council of representatives from each tribe that make decisions.
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How did the Grand Council function?
The council passed laws when all agreed through consensus.
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Who are the Hoyaneh? How many Hoyaneh are part of the Grand Council?
The Hoyaneh male leaders that represented a tribe in the Grand Council.
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What role do Clan Mothers have in the Iroquois Confederacy?
The Clan Mother choose the Hoyaneh and can remove the Hoyaneh from power.
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Give an example and explain how the Iroquois Confederacy use representation amongst the six nations.
The iroquois used proportional representation. For example the
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What are similarities between the Great Law of Peace and the US Constitution? (at least three)
Had processes to remove leaders, restrics member from having more than one position in the government,
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What was the Magna Carta? What big idea did the Founders get from this document?
The Magna Carta is a government document that limited the power of the king. From the document the Founders used the big idea of limited government.
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What was the Mayflower Compact? What big idea did the Founders get from this document?
The Mayflower is an agreement between individuals. The Founders took the idea of self government.
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What was the English Bill of Rights? What big idea did the Founders get from this document?
The English Bill of Rights is a government document that expanded on the limiting the power of the king. The founders took the idea of limited government.
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What were Cato’s Letters? What big idea did the Founders get from this document?
Cato's Letters is a collection of newspaper articles that pushed against the kings ruled. The big idea was freedom of expression.
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What was Common Sense? What big idea did the Founders get from this document?
Common Sense is a pamphlet that discussed and encouraged independence from Britain.
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What war did the American Colonist and the British fight together?
French and Indian War.
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How did Britain want to pay for this war?
Taxing the Colonies.
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What was the Sugar Act?
Added a tax to sugar and molasses from The French and caribbean.
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What was the Quartering Act?
Colonists were forced to house soldiers in inns and houses.
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What was the Stamp Act?
Colonists were forced to pay tax on papers and document that had a stamp.
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What were the Townshend Acts?
Taxed items the colonists could not make ex; paint, paint, glass, lead.
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What was the Tea Act and how did colonists react to it?
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What were the Intolerable Acts? Please name and describe one part of the Intolerable Acts that was especially disliked by the colonists.
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Where were the first shots fired from the Revolutionary War?
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