During the Winter of 1779-1780, Many Iroquois Bands Left Their

question 59

Multiple Choice

During the winter of 1779-1780, many Iroquois bands left their ancestral homeland for which of the following reasons?

• A) All bands that broke their pledge of neutrality and allied with the Americans were forced onto reservations by the British.
• B) They were afraid they would be drawn into the Anglo-American conflict raging around them.
• C) The Iroquois ruling council banished from the homeland all bands that remained neutral or allied with the Americans.
• D) Their settlements and crops were so completely destroyed by an American expedition that they moved to Canada in search of food and shelter.

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