Chapter
Colonial Foundations
Native American confederacies and European colonial systems that preceded independence.
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Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee)
1450 CEFederal alliance of six Indigenous nations practicing consensus governance, influencing American constitutional thought
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Aztec Triple Alliance
1428 CEMesoamerican imperial confederation of three city-states dominating central Mexico through tribute, trade, and ritual warfare
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Inca Empire
1438 CELargest pre-Columbian empire in the Americas, governing through labor tribute and road networks without writing or money
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Spanish Empire
1492 CEGlobal colonial empire spanning four centuries, creating the first truly worldwide political and economic system
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The Colonial Administration
1492 CEInstitutional FormGovernance structure for ruling distant territories on behalf of imperial metropole
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