THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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The Cherokee sided with the French and when they lost, the British retaliated by taking their land.
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The Cherokee tried to stay neutral during the French and Indian War and the British felt betrayed and attacked them.
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The Cherokee tried to form a Native American alliance and reclaim their land while the British and French were fighting each other.
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The Cherokee sided with the British but felt the British did not do enough to protect them and retaliated at the end of the French and Indian War.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Anglo-Cherokee War broke out in 1758 when the Virginia militia attacked Moytoy (Amo-adawehi) of Citico in retaliation for the alleged theft of some horses by the Cherokee. Moytoy led retaliatory raids against colonial towns along the Yadkin and Catawba rivers in North Carolina. This began rounds of retaliation.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Cherokee had a long history of peaceful interactions with British settlers, beginning when the two groups became trading partners in the late seventeenth century. Their economic partnership eventually evolved into a military alliance, with the Cherokee aiding British forces in 1712 in battle against the Tuscarora.
Detailed explanation-4: -The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war’s expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution.
Detailed explanation-5: -During the American Revolution, many Cherokee Native Americans joined the British ranks. They’d sided with the British in previous conflicts and were convinced it was their best hope for protecting their ancestral homeland from American colonists.