4. The Native Americans formed alliances with European nations in an attempt to block invasions from colonists onto their land and to get support from trading. A prime example of this is from the time of the French and Indian War when a majority of native tribes in the northern region were involved in the fur trade with the French and allied with them against the British although a few of tribes allied with the British to prove their loyalty to treaties and protect their land. An example of one of the British and Indian alliances is the Covenant Chain which was an alliance between the Iroquois tribes and the British that served as a model for other native tribes. In most situations, the Native Americans kept up their end of the agreement between
