ft exchanges “lay at the heart of Indian relations with other Indians, and they became equally important in Indian relations with the Spanish, French, and English,” (Calloway, p.139). When they first came to the United States, Europeans had to learn these customs in fear of being seen as rude. These exchanges “were not conducted solely for profit but involved social, political, and even spiritual aspects as well as economic incentives,” (Calloway, p.140). It was important to maintain this relationship with the Indians because “France’s North American empire…depended on the maintaining the goodwill of an array of Indian peoples,” (Calloway, p.140). While this gift giving relationship between the Native Americans and the mainly French settlers helped the trading of goods between the two sides for a while, this all changed after the French and Indian War. In the Treaty of Paris, the French had to give all of their mainland North American land to the British. This put a strain on the interactions between the Europeans and the Native Americans because the British favored power over appeasement and the overall relationship soured because of this and the “Middle Ground” slowly dissipated. 4. What does it mean to study the history of North America “Facing East from Indian Country,” as the historian Daniel Richter suggests? How does doing so change tr>