Question

Before the war for independence was officially declared, most Indian tribes adopted what strategy toward the conflict between British and colonists?(A) They sided with the patriots.(B) They remained neutral.(C) They sided with whichever side they had stronger connections to before the conflict.(D) They sided with the British.

Answer 1

The correct answer is B) they remained neutral.

Before the war for independence was officially declared, most Indian tribes adopted the following strategy toward the conflict between British and colonists: they remained neutral.

Most Native American Indians considered that neutrality was the best approach to the conflict. Some tribes allied with the colonists and others with the British troops because they considered that helped them was the best way to protect their territories from the colonist's expansion. The British crown had protected some Indian territories with the Royal Proclamation of 1763, that prohibited colonial expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains.