USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Iroquois Confederacy sided with the British during the French and Indian War. The Iroquois Confederacy claimed that it owned the lands that made up the Ohio Country. The British government, which argued that the Iroquois were their subjects, used the Iroquois claim to assert that it held legal title to the land.

Detailed explanation-2: -The origins of the war was mainly because of the both countries were trying to expand there fur trading operations. 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-3: -The Iroquois attacked their traditional enemies the Algonquins, Mahicans, Montagnais, and Hurons, and the alliance of these tribes with the French quickly brought the Iroquois into conflict directly with them.

Detailed explanation-4: -During the French and Indian War however, the Iroquois allied with the British. In 1763 after the war the British government used the Iroquois’ conquest to claim the Northwest Territory and issued a proclamation which restricted settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains.