the iroquois sided with british colonists in the french and indian war.
the iroquois sided with british colonists in the french and indian war.
who did the iroquois side with in the french and indian war?
british colonists
the first europeans did not penetrate into the region and reach the straits of detroit until french missionaries and traders worked their way around the league of the iroquois, with whom they were at war, and other iroquoian tribes in the 1630s. the north side of lake erie was held by the huron and neutral peoples until the 1650s, when the iroquois pushed both and the erie people away from the lake and its beaver-rich feeder streams in the beaver wars of 1649–1655. by the 1670s, the war-weakened iroquois laid claim to as far south as the ohio river valley in northern kentucky as hunting grounds, and had absorbed many other iroquoian peoples after defeating them in war. for the next hundred years, virtually no british, colonist, or french action was contemplated without consultation with, or consideration of the iroquois' likely response. when the french and indian war evicted the kingdom of france from canada, it removed one barrier to british colonists migrating west.
detroit
in 1749, french jesuits attracted numerous iroquois (mostly onondaga fleeing warfare in the western part of present-day new york) to a site on the oswegatchie river near present-day ogdensburg. the jesuit priests founded a mission village and fort. the iroquois were required to convert to catholicism to live there. the converted iroquois and their descendants became known as the "oswegatchie", and were considered "nephews" to the six nations of the iroquois. they were among the seven nations of canada that allied with the french during the seven years' war (known as the french and indian war on the north american front) and with the british during the american revolutionary war, in part due to their strong trading ties and cultural links. after the seven years' war (french and indian war) and british victory, the colonial government granted some of its soldiers land in the region, which was ceded to britain by the french.
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