Colonial America

North American Balance of Power

Dr. Kane

mkane2@albany.edu Social Science 116 | MWF 12:35-1:30 PM

Office Hrs: M 10:20 - 11:20 & F 1:30 - 3:30 Social Science 60S

Monday, November 5

coming up

Locations paper - Nov 17
Midterm II - Dec 1
studyguide before Thanksgiving

today's class

Indian war & diplomacy
possibly the worst movie ever made
British-Iroquois diplomacy
who owns the Ohio Valley?

Tuscarora War - 1711-1715

British v Tuscarora, North Carolina
factors: Indian slavery, white squatters, epidemic disease
trigger: seizure of main village area
escaped slaves with Tuscarora, Yamasee Confederacy with British
aftermath: Tuscarora migration to NY

Yamasee War - 1715-1717

British v Yamasee Confederacy, South Carolina
factors: Indian slavery, expanding plantations, trade practices, Tuscarora War
trigger: British census
second bloodiest war in US history
aftermath: tightening imperial control, Cherokee-Creek alliance

Dummer's War / Father Rale's War - 1722-1725

Treaty of Utrecht - 1713 - whose borders?
New England & Mohawk v New France & Wabanaki Confederacy
factors: French trade & churches, New England settlements, border disputes
trigger: Wabenaki written definition of borders
perceived role of French priests
aftermath: British reliance on Mohawk, tighter British control in Maine

Chickasaw Wars - 1732-1756

Chickasaw & British v Choctaw & French
factors: control of Mississippi River, control of Indian trade
trigger: French expansion attempts
French over extension & under estimation of Chickasaw
aftermath: Choctaw-Chickasaw alliance, French rollback

The Broken Chain - 1993

Indian Diplomacy

Sir William Johnson & Molly Brant
British Superintendant for Indian Affairs
mutual agreement & mutual dependence
what's the cost of Indian diplomacy?

Iroquois governance

men's councils: diplomacy & outward facing negotiations
women's councils: land sales, naming chiefs & internal negotiations
governance by consensus
NATO, not US

who owns the Ohio?

ohio