- Read these sentences from the text.
"The League has fascinated us for hundreds of years. In the seventeenth century, this
Native confederacy united the Five Iroquois Nations-the Mohawks, Oneidas,
Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas-into something more than an alliance but
something less than a single, monolithic polity. In the eighteenth century, the
incorporation of the Tuscaroras made it the Six Nations of the Iroquois."
Based on this evidence, what is the meaning of "confederacy"?
A. a group of people who are rebelling against the government
B. a group of people who are at war
C. a large group made up of smaller groups
D. a group of 100 people or fewer