Indigenous alliances
What Indigenous alliances means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Cortés forged a crucial alliance with the Tlaxcalans, who provided thousands of warriors to supplement his small Spanish force.
The Wabanaki Confederacy allied with the French to resist British expansion, while the Iroquois largely maintained neutrality.
Topics that use Indigenous alliances
- Option P1: Key topic 2: The conquistadors, 1513–c1528 - 2 The conquest of Mexico (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option P2: Key topic 2: A disrupted society, 1742–64 - 2 War in the colonies (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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