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The Contribution Of British Colonization Of The British To The Haudenosaunee

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The colonization of the British lead to significant demographic alterations to the Haudenosaunee, particularly as in nations relinquishing their positionasand contributions from the Iroquois Confederacy and mass migrations due to sudden overtake of traditional land by the new sea of American settlers. When the Thirteen Colonies sought independence from Britain, the Iroquois found themselves in a deadlock, since they became accustomed to believing that their superior allie, the British, was only one unified group of people and had no desire to engulf themselves in another civil conflict. Early in the revolution, Oneida leaders sent a message to the governor of New York stating: "We are unwilling to join either side of such a contest, for we

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