When it came to the Preliminary Articles of Peace in 1782, the Natives were never mentioned. No credit was given to the Native Americans for aiding either of the sides.
The British let their allies fall in the dust, many Natives resented this.
Americans were no better than the British in this case. They siad that, because the Natives chose the losing side to aide, the Natives deserve to lose their land rights. The Natives never gave up their land to accomodate these terms.
The Brits continued to trade with the Natives out of sympathy. Some would say the British did it to stop the negative articles being published about how the British government could not keep their word. The British citizens felt sympathy for the Native Americans.
great post. the native americans were unfortunately hit hardest during all this fighting and i was mad that the book didn't talk about them more.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Andrew. I don't think we learn enough about the groups like Native Americans that all too often get completely overlooked in history. The Native Americans were very instrumental in shaping the fates of the United States, and, by extension, in shaping the fates of the entire world! Excellent post!
ReplyDeletegood info~ Why does the book not talk about this more? This is so important! After reading all these blogs, I'm starting to feel as if the book is woefully inadequate, alliteration aside.
ReplyDeletebtw, interesting about the fall of the Iroquois. And I had no idea that the Americans burned the Indians crops so often! Poor Indians, they were really just roped into all of this.
ReplyDeleteIt does seem as though in Ch. 8 of the AP US book, the authors left out the Native Americans. Thank you, Reine-Marie for putting this information together. This blog is straight forward, making for a good study tool.
ReplyDeleteVery nice post! The Natives get very little credit as it is, and it is nearly forgotten that they were even there in the Revolution! Thanks for reminding us how they affected the war, and the war affected them!
ReplyDeletewhitehawk > blackhawk. so it was a very inciteful blog with lots of good information i didnt know much at all about the indians in the war because the book says nothing about them. thanks :)
ReplyDeleteThe book just makes it seem like the Indians are on the frontier attacking and allying at random. Now I understand SO much more. And it is completely unfair that they were left out of the peace treaty! Thanks for posting this!
ReplyDeleteLike Matthew said, it seems that the book leaves out the way smaller groups like Native Americans and African Americans shape events. Both Native Americans and African Americans were kind of skipped over in this chapter. Thanks for including them.
ReplyDeleteIt's always important to know about the Natives! I wish that the book covered more info about them, especially since they will probably appear on the AP exam, and they are vital to American history.
ReplyDeleteIt is easy to overlook the NETHERMASTERS OF THE NEW WORLD! They really did play a big part.. at least that's the information I gleaned from your work of written art. He he ho ho hu cack! Nice blog :)
ReplyDeleteGreat job! It's good to know about the Indians, especially since our book overlooked them. It was pretty fair that both sides ended up disowning the Indians, in a way.
ReplyDeletePoor natives... nobody likes them... nobody wants them... feeling pretty lonely...
ReplyDeleteGood work indeed
Oh Natives the ones that always get forgotten and when they are remembered its to make them go away or to fight in their armies....
ReplyDeleteI think we should have an AP NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY class. Just kidding that would be booooooring. But it is sad that they are so overlooked. Nice job frenchy!
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