In responding to Chief Pontiac's uprising of allied western Indian tribes, the British
a. engaged in a form of biological warfare against Pontiac and his allies
b. were reluctant to engage in harsh, suppressive tactics that would alienate Pontiac and his Indian allies.
c. vacillated between harshly coercive tactics and offering generous terms to accommodate the demands of Pontiac and his allies.
d. downplayed the need to stabilize relations with western Indian tribes.
e. failed to appreciate the long-term need to keep regular troops along an increasing restless and dangerous frontier.
a
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