Question

Read the passage. Even with Britain's acquisition of Canada from France, the prospects of peaceful relations with the [American] Indian tribes were not good. As a result, the British decided to keep a standing army in America. This decision would lead to a variety of problems with the colonists. American Memory Timeline, Library of Congress What is the main conflict presented in this passage

Answer 1

The main conflict discussed in this passage is the relationship between the American Indian tribes and the British colonists of America, which culminated in the presence of a permanent standing army. In 1763, New France, of which Canada was part, became British territory. However, during that time period, tensions between colonists and Native Americans were high, as the original inhabitants were being displaced from their land and their way of life was being eliminated with the colonial expansion.