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approximatly 1200 years ago. They natives came from Asia through the Bering land bridge approximetely 30,000 years after glaciations lowered the oceans sea level. They gradually occupied the entire North American continent. There are other hypotheses, but this one is the most plausible.
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Even though they were spread out over a vast territory, the nations were in close contact with each other. The Iroquios would cultivate things like corn, beans and squash and tobacco and trade their surplus with the Algonquians for their hunting and fishing goods. These trades sealed political alliances between nations, which caused wars.
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Their geographic distribution was related to their lifestyles, Iroquois nations settled down on the rich soil of the St. Lawrence valley beacause they were sedentary and practiced agriculture.
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The Algonquians lived in the Canadian Shield and the Appalatian Mountains because they were not sedentary and did not practice agriculture therefore they did not need fertle soil.
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-They were semi -sedentary
-lived in longhouses
-matriarchal society
-practiced agriculture
-had about 1500- 2000 inhabitants per village -
-nomadic
-lived in ti-pis
-patriarchal society
-hunters and gatherers
-had about 10-15 people per village -
Jacques Cartier's first voyage. It was the natives first encounter with Europeans (in today's canada)
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These alliances change the alliances amoung native nations, creating wars.