Strategic Alliances and Trail of Broken Treaties 1700-1799

1763-1766

Ottawa Chief Pontiac’s rebellion

In a famous council on April 27, 1763, Pontiac urged listeners to rise up against the British. Image: Alfred Bobbett
In a famous council on April 27, 1763, Pontiac urged listeners to rise up against the British. Image: Alfred Bobbett

Ottawa Chief Pontiac refuses British seizure of Ottawa lands. He organizes a pan-Indian alliance against British rule in the Lake Erie region. By the end of 1763, only 2 of 13 French forts are under British control.

Native Resistance

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