Pontiac's War

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Native American uprising military conflict

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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Pontiac's War canonical	7
Pontiac's Rebellion	2
Pontiac's War (Pontiac's Rebellion)	1
Pontiac’s Rebellion	1
Pontiac’s War	1

Statements (49)

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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Input

Subject: Pontiac's War
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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

Ottawa tribe → notableEventParticipation → Pontiac's War ⓘ

Guyasuta → conflict → Pontiac's War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pontiac’s Rebellion