At the outbreak of the Revolutionary crisis in the 1760s, Native Americans faced a familiar task of navigating among European imperial powers on the continent of North America. At the close of the era in the 1780s, Native Americans faced a "new world" with the creation of the U.S.A. During the years of conflict, Native American groups, like many other residents of North America, had to choose the loyal or Patriot cause — or somehow maintain a neutral stance. But the native americans had distinctive issues of their own in trying to hold onto their homeland as well as maintaining acess to trade and supplies as war engulfed their lands too. Some allied with the British, while others fought alongside american colonists.
