USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Archibald Montgomerie destroyed the Lower Cherokee settlements and attacked the Middle Cherokees. After a defeat on 27 June, Montgomerie withdrew to Fort Prince George and then to Charles Towne (Charleston, S.C.).

Detailed explanation-2: -As the English expanded their territory in the colonies to the east side of the Appalachian mountains, the Cherokee fought with the Muscogee Creek over their lands to the south and west.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Native American people from the Algonquin, Lenape, Wyandot, Ojibwa, Ottawa, Shawnee, and the Mi’kmaq sided with the French. The British were supported by the Iroquois Confederacy.

Detailed explanation-4: -During the French and Indian War, they were heavily recruited by the British to fight against the French. At one time, the Cherokee nation controlled 140, 000 square miles in the southern Appalachians.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Delawares and Shawnees became France’s most important allies. Shawnees and Delawares, originally “dependents” of the Iroquois, had migrated from Pennsylvania to the upper Ohio Valley during the second quarter of the 18th century as did numerous Indian peoples from other areas.