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Many members of this Iroquois Confederacy tribe migrated to Canada in the 1830s. Which tribe is this?

a) Mohawk
b) Seneca
c) Cayuga
d) Oneida

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The Mohawk tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy migrated to Canada in the 1830s. Not all members of the Confederacy remained neutral during the Revolutionary War; the Mohawk allied with the British, leading to a schism within the Confederacy.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Iroquois Confederacy tribe that migrated to Canada in the 1830s is the Mohawk tribe. Known as a member of the Haudenosaunee, the Mohawk were one of the six nations that formed the powerful and politically influential Iroquois Confederacy or Six Nations, comprising the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and later the Tuscarora tribes. During the American Revolution, the Mohawk leader Joseph Brandt (Thayenadanega) played a significant role by advocating for an alliance with the British, which led to four of the six Iroquois nations, including the Mohawk, supporting the British. After the war and throughout the years that followed, many Mohawk people moved to Canada, where they established new communities.

Contrary to the suggestion in Exercise 8.3.5, not all Iroquois Confederacy tribes maintained neutrality during the Revolutionary War, as the Oneida and Tuscarora supported the Americans, while the Mohawk, Cayuga, Seneca, and Onondaga allied with the British, resulting in a split within the confederacy.

The Trail of Tears, mentioned as trivia in question 11, refers to the forced removal of the Cherokee tribe from Georgia to Oklahoma, which was a different and later event involving another tribe and another section of the United States.

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