Asked by Jennifer Toledo on Jun 28, 2024

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How did Chief Dragging Canoe respond to the fighting between the British and the Americans?

A) He led an attack against white settlements along the western borders of the Carolinas and Virginia.
B) He formed a pan-Indian alliance aimed at ridding North America of all white settlers.
C) He sought an alliance with the British in hopes that he could regain Cherokee land lost to white settlers.
D) He decided that the best course of action was to remain neutral.

Pan-Indian Alliance

A unification of various Native American tribes across North America for political or military purposes, often in response to European colonization and expansion.

Cherokee Land

Territory historically inhabited and claimed by the Cherokee people, a Native American tribe indigenous to the southeastern United States.

  • Discuss the role of Native Americans and African Americans during the Revolutionary War.
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Katherine SanangoJul 02, 2024
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A
Explanation :
Chief Dragging Canoe responded to the fighting by leading attacks against white settlements along the western borders of the Carolinas and Virginia. He and his allies were known as the Chickamaugas and they fought against both the Americans and their fellow Native American tribes who had made treaties with the Americans.