Why Did Pontiac's War Occur

question 110

Multiple Choice

Why did Pontiac's War occur?

• A) The British stopped distributing food, ammunition and other gifts to the Indians, as the French had done, and colonists were moving onto Native American lands.
• B) The British had abandoned their western forts to the French, who were abusive toward the Native Americans there.
• C) The colonial government of Virginia had been pressuring Iroquois tribes to move west so that white settlement could expand.
• D) Some Indian tribes objected to the alliance that had been formed with the Spanish.
• E) African-American slaves in South Carolina began to fear the loss of status to Indian indentured servants.

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