What Role Did Indian Tribes Play in the Early Clashes

question 24

Multiple Choice

What role did Indian tribes play in the early clashes between France and Britain in North America?

• A) The French voyageurs and Jesuit missionaries fought alongside their Huron allies, but the British spurned any potential Indian allies.
• B) Both the French coureurs de bois and British colonists sought Indian allies.
• C) The Iroquois Confederation took the strife between French and English as an opportunity to launch a large-scale, coordinated attack on all colonists.
• D) Indian tribes wanted no part of the Europeans´ disputes and remained above the fray.
• E) Indian leaders proved essential peacemakers in ending warfare and negotiating treaties between British and French officials.

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Definitions:

Heterochromatin

Highly coiled and compacted chromatin in an inactive state. Compare with euchromatin.

Transcriptionally Inactive

Referring to genes or DNA regions that are not being transcribed into RNA, often due to regulatory mechanisms.

Chromatin

The complex of DNA and proteins, primarily histones, that forms the chromosomes within the nucleus of eukaryotic cells.

Homochromatin

Incorrect term, possibly meant to refer to Heterochromatin or Euchromatin, which are forms of chromatin in the genome. NO.