Francuski i irokeški ratovi: razlika između inačica

Do 1630-ih su Irokezi postali u potpunosti naoružani sa europskim oružjem. Njega su si priskrbili trgovinom sa Nizozemcima. Potom su pošli primijeniti svoja znanja rukovanja sa arkebuzom ------- with the arquebus to good effect in their continuing wars with the Algonquins, Hurons, and other traditional enemies. The French, meanwhile, had outlawed the trading of firearms to their native allies, though arquebuses were occasionally given as gifts to individuals who converted to [[Christianity]]. Although the initial focus of the Iroquois attacks were their traditional enemies (the Algonquins, [[Mahican]]s, [[Montagnais]], and Hurons), the alliance of these tribes with the French quickly brought the Iroquois into fierce and bloodly conflict with the European colonists themselves.

 

 

With the establishment of Dutch trading posts in the Hudson in the 1620s, the Iroquois, and in particular the Mohawk, had come to rely on the trade for the purchase of firearms and other European goods. The introduction of firearms, however, had accelerated the decline of the beaver population such that by [[1640.]] the animal had largely disappeared from the Hudson Valley. The center of the fur trade thus shifted northward to the colder regions along the St. Lawrence River, controlled by the Hurons, who were the close trading partners of the French in [[New France]]. The Iroquois, who considered themselves to be the most civilized and advanced people of the region, found themselves displaced in the fur trade by other nations in the region. Threatened by disease and with a declining population, the Iroquois began an aggressive campaign to expand their area of control.