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  2. Wampum - Wikipedia

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    Before European contact, strings of wampum were used for storytelling, ceremonial gifts, and recording important treaties and historical events, such as the Two Row Wampum Treaty [2] [3] and the Hiawatha Belt. Wampum was also used by the northeastern Indigenous tribes as a means of exchange, [4] strung together in lengths for convenience. The ...

  3. Early American currency - Wikipedia

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    There were three general types of money in the colonies of British America: the specie (coins), printed paper money and trade-based commodity money. [2] Commodity money was used when cash (coins and paper money) were scarce. Commodities such as tobacco, beaver skins, and wampum, served as money at various times in many locations. [3]

  4. Vote buying - Wikipedia

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    Vote buying (also referred to as electoral clientelism and patronage politics) occurs when a political party or candidate distributes money or resources to a voter in an upcoming election with the expectation that the voter votes for the actor handing out monetary rewards. [1]

  5. History of Canadian currencies - Wikipedia

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    The proposal had broad support from the two main political parties, but was opposed by the Canadian banks on monetary policy grounds, and also because of concern about loss of profits if they could no longer issue bank notes. [84] The federal government acted on the recommendation and passed the Bank of Canada Act in 1934. [84]

  6. Two Row Wampum Treaty - Wikipedia

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    The Two Row Wampum Treaty, also known as Guswenta or Kaswentha and as the Tawagonshi Agreement of 1613 or the Tawagonshi Treaty, is a mutual treaty agreement, made in 1613 between representatives of the Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee (or Iroquois) and representatives of the Dutch government in what is now upstate New York. [1]

  7. American election campaigns in the 19th century - Wikipedia

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    The Second American Party System: Party Formation in the Jacksonian Era (University of North Carolina Press, 1966). McGerr, Michael E. The Decline of Popular Politics: The American North, 1865-1928 (1988) Maisel, L. Sandy, ed. Political Parties and Elections in the United States: An Encyclopedia. (Garland, 1991). Morgan, H. Wayne (1969).

  8. Wabanaki Confederacy - Wikipedia

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    The political union incorporated many political elements from other local confederacies like the Iroquois and Huron, the role of wampum council conduct being a major example. This political unit allowed for the safe passage of people through each of their territories (including camping and subsisting on the land), safer trade networks from the ...

  9. United States Government Fur Trade Factory System - Wikipedia

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    The United States Government Fur Trade Factory System was a system of government non-profit trading with Native Americans that existed between 1795 and 1822.. The factory system was set up on the initiative of George Washington who thought it would neutralize the influence of British traders doing business on United States territory.