USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Cherokee War lasted about two years and resulted in many deaths among the Cherokee. The treaty that ended the French and Indian War forced the Cherokee to give up much of their land and created a boundary dividing the South Carolina colony and the Cherokee territory.

Detailed explanation-2: -The conflict that led to war began in Virginia in late 1758, when settlers attacked and killed several Cherokee warriors returning from battles against the French. The Cherokees retaliated in North Carolina in spring 1759, and the conflict spread southward.

Detailed explanation-3: -The war was the result of a corrupt deerskin trade and other longstanding Cherokee grievances, a collapse in the Cherokee-British military alliance, and bungled diplomacy by South Carolina’s colonial governor.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cherokee wars and treaties, series of battles and agreements around the period of the U.S. War of Independence that effectively reduced Cherokee power and landholdings in Georgia, eastern Tennessee, and western North and South Carolina, freeing this territory for speculation and settlement by the white man.

Detailed explanation-5: -Q. Why was the Cherokee War a consequence of the French and Indian War? The Cherokee sided with the French and when they lost, the British retaliated by taking their land. The Cherokee tried to stay neutral during the French and Indian War and the British felt betrayed and attacked them.