​In Responding to Chief Pontiac's Uprising of Allied Western Indian

question 49

Multiple Choice

​In responding to Chief Pontiac's uprising of allied western Indian tribes, the British   

• A) ​engaged in a form of biological warfare against Pontiac and his allies.
• B) ​were reluctant to engage in harsh, suppressive tactics that would alienate Pontiac and his Indian allies.
• C) ​vacillated between harshly coercive tactics and offering generous terms to accommodate the demands of Pontiac and his allies.
• D) ​downplayed the need to stabilize relations with western Indian tribes.
• E) failed to appreciate the long-term need to keep regular troops along an increasing restless and dangerous frontier.

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