Research Paper On The Last Of The Mohicans

The Last of the Mohicans was a movie directed by Michael Mann and produced Michael Mann with Hunt Lowry. This film was about the battle of Fort William Henry fought between the British and French armies and their allies the American Indians and the colonialist. The battle was fought during the French and Indian War, around 1757. The British and the French fought, so they could acquire land in the Americas and to provide wealth for their sovereign countries. The Indian tribe, the Huron’s, fought for the French Army. The colonialist fought for the British. The Mohicans’ tribe leader and his sons did not want to fight in the war but could not allow the innocent to be slaughtered, so they only attacked those hurting the innocent people. Each party

In The Last of the Mohicans, the two remaining members of the American Indian tribe are Chingachgook, his son Uncas, and his adopted white brother Hawkeye. The American tribe was mostly killed off by the British and French fighting for the lands, so Chingachgook and his sons had to adapt to life among the colonists. When Magua, an Indian from the Huron’s tribe, agrees to escort a small British troop and the daughters of a British Colonel to Fort William Henry, they are ambushed by the Huron tribe, who some are working as traitors for the French army. Hawkeye, Chingachgook, and Unca come upon the raid and rescue the daughters and Major Heyward and see them safely to Fort William Henry. When they arrive at the Fort, it is under heavy attack by the French army. The Mohicans alert the fighting colonists of the Huron’s raiding their homes and killing their people. The Colonialists then learning of the raids on their homes, want to be relieved to go home to protect their families, but Colonel Munroe refuses. Hawkeye, despite the wrath he may endure from Colonel Munroe, helps the men leave the fort, to return home to their families. The battle at the

The beaver fur was the most popular and the Indians’ knew how to find them. The Indians’ would trade the furs for tools made of metal. The British and the French wanted the furs for commercial trade, the fur pelts were very popular in other parts of the world. The French’s commercial fur trade was completely dependent on the Indians’. Eventually, the goods exchanged by the French for the furs were guns. The British traded alcohol for the beaver furs, which the Indians’ took a great liking to (Tignor, R., et al, (2002), pg. 485). While the beaver trade was plentiful, it served well for the British, the French, and the Indians’ The Indians’ loss of land and trading with the British and the French eventually leads to a cultural and lifestyle change for the