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Thesis for Native American relations
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Powhatan Confederacy
Group of Native Americans who traded with John Smith. The confederacy gets its name from its leader, Chief Powhatan.
Pequot War (1637)
Connecticut and Massachusetts soldiers teamed with Narragansett allies to set the main Pequot village afire and kill 500 Pequots
Mystic Massacre (1637)
English Settlers and Indian Allies surrounded and burned down pequot village. Between 700-800 Pequots killed, act in a genocide against The Pequot people.
King Phillips War
The last significant effort by the Indians of southern New England to drive away English settlers. The Indians were led by Metacom, the Pokunoket chief whom English setters called "King Philip."
Pueblo Revolt of 1680
An uprising of Indians in Santa Fe against Spanish colonization. The Pueblo killed 400 Spanish and drove the remaining 2,000 settlers out of the province. Twelve years later the Spanish returned and were able to reoccupy New Mexico with little opposition. However, the Spanish were more accommodating of Indian culture afterwards
Opchanacanough
takes charge of Powhatan confederation after brother's death, tires to wipe out colonists in Virginia
Metacom
Native American chief who fought against English colonists in the King Philip's War
Massasoit
Wampanoag chieftain who befriended English colonists
Squanto
Native American who helped the English colonists in Massachusetts develop agricultural techniques and served as an interpreter between the colonists and the Wampanoag.
Encomienda System
A system whereby the Spanish crown granted the conquerors the right to forcibly employ groups of Indians; it was a disguised form of slavery.
Pochahontas
Chief Powhatan's daughter who married John Rolfe ending the first Powhatan wars.
Black Legend
False notion that Spanish conquerors did little but butcher the Indians and steal their gold in the name of Christ.
Batolome de las Casas
Missionary from Spain who opposed the mistreatment of Indians in New Spain.
French Jesuits
they made few permanent converts, but they helped out as explorers and geographers
Spanish Missions
churches set up by the Spanish in hopes of converting Native Americans to Christianity.
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