We tried to stay neutral because we weren't directly being attacked until Pearl Harbor. So we didn't want to go fight for other countries and use our soldiers when we could be attacked
The siege on Fort Loudon was a war against the French who wanted to build Forts in the Cherokee Territory during the Anglo-Cherokee War. It was fought by the warriors of Cherokee, the garrison of Fort Loudon that comprised of the British colonial soldiers against the French and their Indian allies.
The Cherokee provided warriors and received supplies and protection of their homelands from the British.