THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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French
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British
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -France saw Indigenous nations as allies, and relied on them for survival and fur trade wealth. Indigenous people traded for European goods, established military alliances and hostilities, intermarried, sometimes converted to Christianity, and participated politically in the governance of New France.
Detailed explanation-3: -The French enjoyed much better relations with Native Americans than other European groups when they first came to American shores.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why did most Native Americans support the French rather than the British? In general, the Native Americans saw the French as less of a threat. Fewer French people in North America were building perma-nent settlements and taking Native American lands. The French also treated the Native Americans with more respect.