"it was in this scene of strife and bloodshed, that the incidents we shall attempt to relate occurred, during the third year of the war which england and france last waged, for the possession of a country, that neither was destined to retain." --james fenimore cooper, the last of the mohicans what was the source of the "strife and bloodshed" that cooper was writing about? a) the french and indian war b) the american revolution c) the "trail of tears" d) "bleeding kansas"