may 7, 1763 - Pontiac's Rebellion
Description:
Ottawa Chief Pontiac led an attack on the Great Lakes colonies, eventually being subdued only with British interventionEnded the period of salutary neglect
Proof for the British that the colonists could not protect themselves and that they needed British intervention/control
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Date:
may 7, 1763
Now
~ 262 years ago