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Mohawks & Other Groups of Iroquois Confederacy

What other group of people had fought along the British against the Americans during the War of Revolution?. Mohawks & Other Groups of Iroquois Confederacy. First Nation Loyalists. After the Revolution War.

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Mohawks & Other Groups of Iroquois Confederacy

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  1. What other group of people had fought along the British against the Americans during the War of Revolution?

  2. Mohawks & Other Groups of Iroquois Confederacy

  3. First Nation Loyalists

  4. After the Revolution War • 2000 Mohawk people (fought supporting the British) left their homes in Upper New York to the Lake Ontario region • Best leader was Thayendanegea, aka Joseph Brant

  5. Did they want to leave? No.Their land was given to United States in treaty of Paris 1783. • They were betrayed by British

  6. The British commander in Quebec, Sir Frederick Haldimand wanted to recognize the loyal services of the Natives. • Six Nations Reserve: Tract of land along the banks of the Grand River where Mohawk leader Thayendanega settled his followers. • Thayendanega was given 2750 square km for his people, tract of land along the Grand River by the governor.

  7. What has happened to the First Nations land today?

  8. Land was eroded away • Turned into Roads, towns and settlements by Non-aboriginal. • Less than 1/10 of the allotment is still within the reserve

  9. Caledonia, Ontario

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