Not all tribes supported the English as some tribes in the St. Lawrence valley andLake Huron region supported the French. The fur trade was instrumental in choosing which side you supported. In the War of Independence and the 1812 conflict the Six Nations Iroquois, as much as they could, tried to stay out of conflicts. But when their lands and the safety of their nation were threatened, usually by U.S. Americans, they joined the English. When Americans tricked, threatened and thieved their ancestral homes in the Mohawk Valley, the British offered land in Ontario, then called Upper Canada. Joseph Brant settled on the Grand River with Six Nations in 1794. Chief Cornplanter and mostly Senecas remained in Upstate New York.
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Britain forced American sailors to serve in the British navy. (apex) -RDS(: Britain helped the Indians who were fighting against American settlers. Britain tried to limit American trade with France.
They wanted to own the land.
The War of 1812 began because the British were not only interfering with American trade, but they were also impressing American seaman. This means that the British were forcing the American seaman to join the British military.
The English remained in western forts; American sailors were being pressed into service aboard British ships. The British ignored American protests for these illegal actions, to no avail.
They adapted to their environment in different ways.