What accounts for the success of the English in colonizing the eastern seaboard of North America?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. Disease had already decimated most of the Indian population before the English colonists arrived.
b. The Indians did not initially resist; in fact, many welcomed and helped the English colonists.
c. As the English colonies expanded, Indian resistance was weakened by inter-tribal rivalries.
d. King Philip’s War failed because some Indian tribes allied with the English.
e. Land speculators were able to acquire tribal land by persuading the chief to sign a treaty.
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