The stability that had marked the Iroquois Confederacy’s generally pro-British position was shattered with the overthrow of James Ⅱ in 1688, Line. the colonial uprisings that followed in (5) Massachusetts, New York, and Maryland, and the commencement of King William’s War against Louis XIV of France. The increasing French threat toEnglish hegemony in the interior of NorthAmerica was signalized by French-led or (10) French-inspired attacks on the Iroquois and on outlying colonial settlements in New York and NewEnglanD、The high point of the Iroquois response was the spectacular raid ofAugust 5, 1689, in which the Iroquois virtually wiped out (15) the French village of Lachine, just outside Montreal.A、counterraid by the French on the English village of Schenectady in March, 1690, instilled an appropriate measure of fear among the English and their Iroquois allies. (2O) The Iroquois position at the end of the war, which was formalized by treaties made during the summer of 1701 with theBritish and the French, and which was maintained throughout most of the eighteenth century, was one of "aggressive neu- (25) trality" between the two competingEuropean powers. Under the new system the Iroquois ini- tiated a peace policy toward the "far Indians," tightened their control over the nearby tribes, and induced bothEnglish and French to support their (30) neutrality toward theEuropean powers by appro- priate gifts and concessions. By holding the balance of power in the sparsely settled borderlands betweenEnglish and French settlements, and by their willingness to (35) use their power against one or the other nation if not appropriately treated, the Iroquois played the game ofEuropean power politics with effective- ness. The system broke down, however, after the French became convinced that the Iroquois were (40) compromising the system in favor of theEnglish and launched a full-scale attempt to establish French physical and juridical presence in the Ohio Valley, the heart of the borderlands long claimed by the Iroquois.As a consequence of the (45) ensuing Great War forEmpire, in which Iroquois neutrality was dissolved andEuropean influence moved closer, the play-off system lost its efficacy and a system of direct bargaining supplanted it. With which of the following statements would the author be LEAST likely to agreeA．The Iroquois were able to respond effectively to French acts of aggression. B．James Ⅱ’s removal from the throne caused dissension to break out among the colonies. C．The French begrudged theBritish their alleged high standing among the Iroquois. D．Iroquois negotiations involved playing one side against the other. E、The Iroquois ceased to hold the balance of power early in the eighteenth century.
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