What led the Delaware to side with the Patriots during the American Revolution? Multiple Choice Surrounded by white settlements in the heart of the Chesapeake, they saw no other way. They had a long rivalry against the Iroquois, who had sided with the British, and saw an opportunity to defeat their rivals. They, too, believed in the principles of the Enlightenment. They accepted the argument of the Continental Congress that the colonies were going to be the region's new superpower.

What led the Delaware to side with the Patriots during the American Revolution? Multiple Choice Surrounded by white settlements in the heart of the Chesapeake, they saw no other way. They had a long rivalry against the Iroquois, who had sided with the British, and saw an opportunity to defeat their rivals. They, too, believed in the principles of the Enlightenment. They accepted the argument of the Continental Congress that the colonies were going to be the region's new superpower.