Joseph Brant, a Young Mohawk

question 82

Multiple Choice

Joseph Brant, a young Mohawk:

• A) wanted to create an Indian confederacy between Canada and the United States.
• B) allied with the Continental Congress and led troops against the British in the Great Lakes region.
• C) represented Indian interests at the negotiations of the Treaty of Paris.
• D) urged all Indians to move west of the Mississippi River to preserve their cultures from "contamination" by whites.
• E) was appointed first Governor-General of Upper Canada in 1781.

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