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Chronological Reasoning and Causation

What happened to the tribes living on canal lands?

  1. Load Map of the Canal System of the State of New York, 1905 in Main Image Viewer
  2. Load Photograph of Ely Samuel Parker in Main Image Viewer
  3. Load Letter from Lewis Henry Morgan to Ely S. Parker, Rochester, December 14, 1848 in Main Image Viewer
  4. Load Letter from Lewis Henry Morgan to Ely S. Parker, Rochester, December 14, 1848 in Main Image Viewer
  5. Load Letter from Lewis Henry Morgan to Ely S. Parker, Rochester, December 14, 1848 in Main Image Viewer

Suggested Teaching Instructions

Driven by political and economic motives, the United States expanded its physical boundaries to the Pacific Ocean between 1800 and 1860. This settlement displaced Native Americans as the frontier was pushed westward. Westward expansion provided opportunities for some groups while harming others.

Students will examine the policies of New York State toward Native Americans at this time, and its efforts to take tribal lands, particularly those of the Oneidas, and exercise jurisdiction over those communities.