Question

how might american officials take aspects of brants argument out of context to use against native nations after the war (select all that apply)?
a. by reinforcing brants diplomacy with british officials, americans could transform the haudenosaunee confederacy into a buffer state to shield the u.s. from british canada.
b. by ignoring the de - centralized nature of native politics, americans could claim that british - aligned leaders such as brant spoke for their entire nations, when in fact no single leader held that authority.
c. by highlighting brants british connections, americans could argue mohawks and other native nations acted as british pawns rather than in legitimate self - defense.
d. by pointing to brants expressions of loyalty to the british crown, americans could claim british surrender also meant the conquest of native territories, when in fact native nations never surrendered their sovereign territories.

Explanation:

• Option b: Native political structures were often decentralized. Ignoring this and claiming a leader (like Brant) spoke for all could be a mis - use.
• Option c: Highlighting Brant's British connections to paint Native nations as British pawns (not acting in self - defense) is taking things out of context.
• Option d: Using Brant's loyalty to the Crown to claim Native territories were conquered (when they weren't surrendered) is a mis - interpretation.
• Option a: Reinforcing Brant's diplomacy to make the Haudenosaunee a buffer state is more of a strategic use rather than taking out of context.

Answer:

B. By ignoring the de - centralized nature of Native politics, Americans could claim that British - aligned leaders such as Brant spoke for their entire nations, when in fact no single leader held that authority.
C. By highlighting Brant's British connections, Americans could argue Mohawks and other Native nations acted as British pawns rather than in legitimate self - defense.
D. By pointing to Brant's expressions of loyalty to the British Crown, Americans could claim British surrender also meant the conquest of Native territories, when in fact Native nations never surrendered their sovereign territories.