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Why did most of the Native Americans side with the British?

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Some Indian tribes were divided over which side to support in the war, such as the Iroquois Confederacy based in New York and Pennsylvania who split: the Oneida and Tuscarora sided with the American Patriots, and the Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, and Onondaga sided with the British.
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The British promised the Native Americans that they would control the expansion of settlers into Indian land.

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