Excerpt from a letter by Thomas Oliver to Queen Anne, 1708
It's nothing short of Twenty years, That your Majesty's good Subjects of this Province have been wasting under the Calamities of a Distressing and Expensive War, taking the Commencement Hereof from the Rebellion and Eruption of the Eastern Indians in the year 1688 . . . And very soon upon the new declaration of war with France they broke out again in open rebellion and hostility, committing diverse barbarous murders, just after a repeated and fresh recognition of their duty and allegiance to your majesty.
We have been sharers in common with other our fellow subjects to a great degree in losses, both of men and estate, at home and at sea, both in the former & the present war, our trade is greatly diminished, and we are very much exhausted; our yearly expences for our necessary defence, and to prevent the incursions of the enemy is vastly great.
Use the excerpt to answer the question.
How do the conditions described by Oliver in 1708 foreshadow events in 1756?
A.
Conflict between Britain and France in Europe entangled the colonies and Native Americans.
B.
Competition for trade with Native Americans led to war between French and British colonies.
C.
War with Native Americans on the frontier prompted colonists to call on Britain and France for aid.
D.
Territorial disputes pitted French and British colonists against various allied Native American groups.
PLEASE, ALSO EXPLAIN WHY ITS THE CORRECT ANSWER.
D. Territorial disputes pitted French and British colonists against various allied Native American groups.
This is the correct answer because Oliver's letter describes the conflict between the British colonists and the Native Americans in the year 1688, which foreshadows the territorial disputes between the French and British colonists and various allied Native American groups in 1756.