History GCSE
Conestoga Indians
What Conestoga Indians means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Conestoga Indians
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Peaceful, Christianised Indigenous people who were massacred by the Paxton Boys in 1763.
Topics that use Conestoga Indians
- Option P2: Key topic 2: A disrupted society, 1742–64 - 3 The aftermath of the French and Indian war (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- British imperial policy
- Colonial identity
- Colonial rights and representation
- Economic tension and taxation
- Ideological division
- Paxton Boys
- Salutary neglect
- The end of salutary neglect
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