USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Iroquois tribes were divided on who to side with during the American Revolution. Most of the tribes in the confederacy were more comfortable siding with the British because they seemed like less of a threating than the colonists who sought native land relentlessly.

Detailed explanation-2: -After the war began to turn in England’s favor in 1758, the Iroquois decided to officially join the war as allies to the British.

Detailed explanation-3: -Since most of the Iroquois Confederacy sided with the British, the Mohawk nation lost nearly all of their land when the British ceded the lands to the new United States as part of the treaty, leaving their people to be swept aside as settlers claimed their lands.