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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Adams’s Presidency

Question 3 • U.S. History I 2014 - SS3308 A-IC

Why did Tecumseh disagree with American settlers about who owned the land?

Answer
A
Americans believed a divine power gave the land to the indigenous people.
B
Tecumseh believed a divine power gave the land to the indigenous people.
C
Americans thought that indigenous people should purchase the land from them.
D
Tecumseh wanted to purchase the land from the United States.

Explanation

Tecumseh argued that the land belonged collectively to Indigenous peoples and that a divine power had given it to them. He rejected the idea that individual tribes could sell land without the agreement of all Indigenous nations. Therefore, the best choice is that Tecumseh believed a divine power gave the land to Indigenous people.

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