A member of a former confederacy of North American Indian peoples originally comprising the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca peoples (known as the Five Nations). Obtained guns and goods from Dutch merchants and attacked other tribes.
Pueblo Indians
Native American people in the Southwestern United States. Their traditional economy is based on agriculture and trade.Their societies were far less populous, wealthy, and culturally complex than those of the Aztecs and the Mayas.
Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty that divided the newly discovered lands out of Europe.
Aztec Empire
Hernán Cortés (1485–1547) conquered the Aztec empire and destroyed its civilization.
Jacques Cartier
Frenchman who journeyed hundreds of miles up the St. Lawrence River in 1534
Montezuma
Ruler of Aztec's. Reached maximum size under his rule. Conquered by Cortes.
Texas
shipwrecked Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and his cohort became the first Europeans in what is now Texas.
St. Augustine
To safeguard the route of its treasure fleet, Spain established a fort at St. Augustine in 1565, making it the first permanent European settlement in the future United States.
Spain
Headed by Ferdinand and Isabel to spread their Christian Kingdom and sought trade and empire.
Choctaw
The Choctaw are a Native American people originally from the Southeastern United States. They were once a powerful chiefdom until European epidemics killed many Indians.
