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Why did the Iroquois move west in the mid-1600s?

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Answer: to gain greater access to the beavers in the region

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They warred with each other for primacy in their trade with the Europeans. Huron dominance of the Upper Great Lakes and eastern trade, and the Hurons themselves, were destroyed by the Iroquois in the mid-seventeenth century. The Sioux had been forced to move west by the Chippewa.

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