Let's make a deal, you can't trade with the French
British
Cherokee
Okay! This means we're equal!
We practically own the Cherokee now
You said you were going to protect us!
The British and Cherokee made a deal where the Cherokee couldn't trade with the French. This made them think they were equal.
Hey! Stop that!
Even though the Cherokee thought they were equal, the British thought they owned them now.
After years of being civil, that peace was finally broken after the French and Indian war. The Indians expected protection from the French, but they didn't get what they wanted.
I'm so glad we're good now!
After feeling betrayed, a Cherokee tribe decided to take some of the settler's horses. The settlers didn't like that and fought back.
The Royal Governor tried to stop the tribe by stopping their trade and capturing their peace representatives. All of this led to war.
After two years, there was a treaty and it took the Cherokee's land, but split their land into a Cherokee territory and South Carolina into a royal colony.