USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -After the conclusion of the French and Indian War (1754-1763), Chief Pontiac (Ottawa) led a loosely united group of American Indian tribes against the British in a series of attacks, referred to as Pontiac’s Rebellion (1763-1766) or Pontiac’s War.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pontiac’s Rebellion begins when a confederacy of Native warriors under Ottawa chief Pontiac attacks the British force at Detroit.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pontiac, (born c. 1720, on the Maumee River [now in Ohio, U.S.]-died April 20, 1769, near the Mississippi River [at present-day Cahokia, Ill.]), Ottawa Indian chief who became a great intertribal leader when he organized a combined resistance-known as Pontiac’s War (1763–64)-to British power in the Great Lakes area.

Detailed explanation-4: -The origins of “Pontiac’s Rebellion” can be traced to the political fallout of the Seven Years’ War. Following the British victory in 1763, the empire sought to integrate former French and Spanish territories – Canada, Florida, and the Great Lakes – into its American dominion.

Detailed explanation-5: -He was a man of power and strength, a man of peace, a man whose word was his bond. He was Pontiac, Chief of the Ottawa Indian tribe, who lived from 1720 to 1769. Chief Pontiac was rugged, yet charismatic; strong, but gentle; a warrior, as well as a diplomat.