USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -To prevent the incursion of colonial settlers, Pontiac encouraged Ohio Country tribes to unite and to rise up against the British. Many view the Ottawa attack on Fort Detroit in May 1763, as the beginning of the so-called Pontiac’s Rebellion.

Detailed explanation-4: -He led a rebellion against the British colonists after they expanded their military presence in the Great Lakes area during and after the French and Indian War.