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A 3 page research paper that discusses the strategies used by Indians to preserve their independence in the face of colonial expansion in the eighteenth century. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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struggle between Great Britain and France to lay claim to the North American territory west of the Appalachian Mountains. Native Americans benefitted from trade with both English and French settlers,
but they largely sided with the French in this struggle because they were alarmed at the raid increase in the number of English settlers and their rapid expansion into Native
Americans lands (OHS). After the Treaty of Paris was signed, in which France relinquished its American colonies to the British, Pontiac, a leader of the Ottawa tribe, tried to
formulate a native confederation in order to stop the westward flow of British settlers (OHS). While this attempt, which is known as Pontiacs Rebellion, did not succeed in driving Europeans
from North America, which was its intention, it did succeed in prompting the British government to issue the Proclamation of 1763. This proclamation prohibited British settlement west of the Appalachians
and required any settlers already in this territory to withdraw. This step was not done out of altruism or a sense of justice, but rather because the French and
Indian War had been a tremendous financial strain on the British government and settlement in Ohio would necessitate stationing British soldiers in this region to protect them. While the proclamation
did improve British relations with Native Americans, the colonials were irate, as they saw the entire point of the French and Indian War as gaining access to the Ohio territory.
Diverse Native American tribes reacted to colonial expansion in diverse ways, sometimes with warfare, sometimes with treaties and diplomacy. This was true not only for the Native Americans of
the northeast, but also in the deep south. In the late eighteenth century, the French had largely been expelled form the Southeast territory of the "Creeks, Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws
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