THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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Question
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France already had strong relationships with the tribes because of the fur trade
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France was willing to pay the Native Americans more money to fight on their side
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This is false, the Native Americans did not want to ally themselves with France
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Great Britain did not need the help of the Native Americans so they did not try to gain them as allies
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Detailed explanation-1: -The French had far more American Indian allies than the English because they were more successful at converting the various tribes to Christianity and they focused more on trading than on settling North America, so the American Indians saw them as less of a threat to their land and resources.
Detailed explanation-2: -By the early 1700s, the fur trade was firmly established in the Great Lakes region. The French empire was based on the fur trade in this region and required Native American alliances to sustain it. Native people and the French traded, lived together, and often married each other and built families together.
Detailed explanation-3: -French relations with the Indians, ordinarily better than those enjoyed by the Spaniards and English, benefited from a relative lack of racial prejudice and especially from the fact that the French tended to have a greater desire for furs than for land.
Detailed explanation-4: -The American Indians were fighting to maintain control of their land and their cultural future. The French claimed the Upper Ohio River Valley. They wanted to trade with the American Indians and control the area.