Why Did Indians Maintain Their Independence

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The Indians coped with the increasing settlers of whites during the eighteenth century by joining forces with the French and British in the beginning. The Indians had fought on both sides of the seven years’ war; mainly as allies of the French. The French main reasons for doing so was to maintain their independence from both empires (French and British). The Indians had hoped to remain natural in the situation in hopes of maintaining their own liberty. Indians considered themselves to be free people and were not subjected to uphold the law. The French eventually turned on the Indians and took land the Indians claimed as their own, to British control. Indians dominated by any outside power, they feared, meant the loss of their freedom. To Indians,