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Alliances First Nations’ leaders faced a lot of pressure to decide who to side with: the French or the British? The French had better relationships established with the French before the war through the fur trade. The First Nations’ leaders saw the French as less of a threat to taking their hunting land.
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Alliances Montcalm came out to meet different First Nations’ leaders and negotiate alliances through wampum.
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Alliances The First Nations’ leaders didn’t trust the British. The British were known as ‘land eaters’ (they cut down trees and put in fields for farming). The Thirteen Colonies wanted to push west to get more farm land.
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The WarThe War In the end, most First Nations supported the French; Haudenosaunee sided with the English. At the time of the battle, the French had around 1,800 First Nation allies around Quebec from several different nations. The First Nations’ style of fighting was very different from European battle strategies; the First Nations warriors relied on surprise attacks and fired at-will.
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The WarThe War In the actual battle, the French First Nations allies hid in the bushes and attacked the British soldiers from the sides of the field (guerilla warfare). The First Nations didn’t stop fighting against the British after the battle on the Plains of Abraham because they were not involved in the treaty-making process. Neutrality had to be negotiated before the English could declare a victory.
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After the WarAfter the War The French and the British signed the Treaty of Paris after Montreal was captured by the British, but the First Nations were not part of the process. The First Nations people were afraid that they would lose their land to the British, who just took and didn’t negotiate. France negotiated guarantees that Britain would not retaliate against French allies, mostly the Catholic people of New France. But what about the First Nations’ allies?
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Pontiac
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Pontiac Leader of the Odawa who led a war against the British after the 7 Years War. Convinced several First Nations to band together to drive the British out of Ohio River Valley. Successful in capturing 7 of 10 English forts. French did not support them, even though they supported the French in their war against the British. Worked with Minweweh (the silver-tongued), another Anishinabe leader.
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Outcome Their warfare led to the Royal Proclamation of 1763 (a statement of law and policy). The Royal Proclamation established a “proclamation line” separating the Thirteen Colonies from “Indian Territory”. No settlement could occur until First Nations peoples came to an agreement with Britain.
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