Which Statement Is Accurate Regarding the Impact of American Independence

question 38

Multiple Choice

Which statement is accurate regarding the impact of American independence on Native Americans?

• A) Indian tribes were given formal recognition by the Treaty of Paris, which established them as an independent nation.
• B) Indians stood firm in their support of the British, who reciprocated by creating an Indian confederacy between Canada and the United States.
• C) Independence resulted in efforts to complete the process of dispossessing Indians of their lands in the new nation.
• D) Native Americans were largely unaffected by American independence, because they had already fled to Canada during the Seven Years' War.
• E) The Declaration of Independence asserted that Native Americans' property rights must be respected in the United States.

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