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History Of Chief Pontiac's War

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Pontiac’s War was a notable part of the history of the interaction between Native Americans and Europeans in eastern North America. Chief Pontiac led the first multitribal war against the encroaching Europeans and helped form a balance of power between the British and the Indians. Indians would enter alliances with each other and Europeans for economic transactions. In 1758, the French and Indian War caused many Native Americas to join forces with the French King Louis XV. The British defeated the French on North American soil. Fort Detroit built by the French to keep the British from moving further west and taking over the fur trade. In December 1760, the British took over Fort Detroit, and they did not supply the Indians with the

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