Pontiac's War

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Pontiac's War was a 1763–1766 Native American uprising led primarily by the Ottawa leader Pontiac against British military presence and policies in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley regions following the French and Indian War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American uprising
military conflict
alsoKnownAs Pontiac's Conspiracy
Pontiac's War
surface form: Pontiac's Rebellion
conflictBetween Great Britain
Native American tribes
consequence Royal Proclamation of 1763
heightened tensions between British government and American colonists
increased British garrisons in western forts
reassessment of British Indian policy
temporary boundary limiting British colonial expansion west of the Appalachians
endTime 1766
follows French and Indian War (as part of British America)
surface form: French and Indian War
hasCause British military policies in former French territories
British restrictions on trade with Native Americans
British settlement expansion into Native lands
Native American resistance to British postwar policies
end of French diplomatic gifts to Native allies
hasLeader Pontiac
hasParticipant British Army
British colonial forces
surface form: British colonial militias

Delaware (Lenape)
Miami
Mingo people
surface form: Mingo

Ojibwe
Ottawa
Potawatomi
Seneca
Shawnee
Wyandot
location Great Lakes region
Illinois Country
Ohio Valley region
surface form: Ohio Valley
notableAspect early example of pan-Indian resistance movement
multi-tribal Native American coalition
use of sieges against British forts
partOf history of the Great Lakes region
history of the Ohio Country
result British tactical military victory
Native Americans fail to expel British from region
significantEvent Battle of Bloody Run
Battle of Bushy Run
capture of Fort Miami
capture of Fort Michilimackinac
capture of Fort Ouiatenon
capture of Fort Sandusky
siege of Fort Detroit
siege of Fort Pitt
startTime 1763

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Ohio Country significantEvent Pontiac's War
British–Native American wars hasPart Pontiac's War
this entity surface form: Pontiac’s War
Odawa involvedInConflict Pontiac's War
Ottawa people involvedInConflict Pontiac's War
Pontiac's War alsoKnownAs Pontiac's War
this entity surface form: Pontiac's Rebellion
French and Indian War (as part of British America) consequence Pontiac's War
subject surface form: French and Indian War
this entity surface form: Pontiac's War (Pontiac's Rebellion)
Pennsylvania frontier conflict Pontiac's War
Ottawa led Pontiac's War
subject surface form: Pontiac
Ottawa involvedIn Pontiac's War
Pontiac (Ottawa war leader) conflict Pontiac's War
subject surface form: Pontiac
this entity surface form: Pontiac's Rebellion
Guyasuta conflict Pontiac's War
this entity surface form: Pontiac’s Rebellion