Question

2.

Which of the following most accurately describes the reason Native American tribes west
of the Appalachian Mountains began attacking American settlers?
a. Settlers began encroaching on their lands.
b. The tribes wished to move into the territory, which was occupied by American colonists.
c. The British had allied with the tribes and encouraged them to attack the settlers.
d. The Spanish had allied with the tribes and encouraged them to attack the settlers.

Answer 1

In the 1720s, a number of Native American groups began to migrate to the Ohio Country from the East, driven by pressure from encroaching European colonists. By 1724, Delaware Indians had established the village of Kittanning on the Allegheny River in present-day western Pennsylvania