1. Assimilation would be the most beneficial policy. A political reason would be that you be protected by the American laws, so you wouldn't have to constantly fight for your life. A social reason would be because you would be less hated by the Americans, although not much by many. An economic reason would be that you got a chance to get an education, job, and earn money. Choosing assimilation would keep you alive and give you a chance to own land, but you would have to give up your current religion and most of what you owned.
2. Resistance would be the least beneficial policy for the Indians to choose. One political reason is that your rules would be completely ignored by Americans and, eventually, lost. A social reason is that you would have to fight for any kind of freedom and you and all of your tribe would be killed. An economic reason is you would lose all of your food supplies, lose your land, and have no chance to get anything back. Resistance is the least beneficial choice because you would lose everything, usually including your lives, and have nothing left if you did survive.
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