SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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Question
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What action most directly drove the Native Americans toward Pontiac’s Rebellion?
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The British gave the Native Americans smallpox-infected blankets
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The French withdrew from the region
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British settlers occupied French forts and took Native American land
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The colonists killed Native Americans who had not attacked them
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -American Indians, most of whom had fought with the French against the British, now began to distance themselves from alliances with Europeans. They wished to drive out colonial settlers who had moved west for land.
Detailed explanation-2: -The historical significance of Pontiac’s Rebellion was such that the strong, hostile Native American presence on the frontier forced Britain to issue to Proclamation of 1763 limiting colonial westward expansion. The American colonists despised the proclamation, and turned into a major cause of the American Revolution.
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