Indigenous resistance
What Indigenous resistance means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The revolt of the Incas led by Manco Inca culminated in the siege of Cuzco, where massive Inca forces trapped the Spanish for months.
Red Cloud's War was a unique Indigenous victory, forcing the US government to concede defeat and sign the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty.
The Taíno people, led by figures like Hatuey, offered fierce but ultimately unsuccessful resistance to the Spanish.
Topics that use Indigenous resistance
- Option P1: Key topic 2: The conquistadors, 1513–c1528 - 1 The start of an empire (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option P1: Key topic 3: The Spanish Empire c1528–c1555 - 1 Pizarro and the conquest of the Incas (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option P3: Key topic 2: Development of the Plains, c1862–c1876 - 3 Changes in the ways of life of Indigenous peoples of the Plains (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Exploration and discovery
- Assimilation
- Broken treaties
- Conflict
- Conflict and conquest
- Consequences of empire
- Cultural destruction
- Economic exploitation
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