Pontiac and The Paxton Boys

How did the colonists negatively impact the Natives?

They brought new diseases

Used up resources quicker

Increased conflict

Took sacred land

What gifts did Colonists give to the Natives?

They provided them with weaponry such as guns and gave them alcohol

What made the relationship between Natives and Colonists worse in 1763?

New settlers were taking their land

France stopped the alliance with them and stopped giving them gifts e.g. alcohol

The Treaty of Paris gave away of their land

When was Pontiac’s Rebellion?

April 1763

Who was Pontiac?

The chief of a Native American tribe

What happened during Pontiacs Rebellion?

Around 400 Natives set up an alliance and attacked British Forts in the Ohio Country, killing over 2000 Colonists and 400 soldiers

How many British troops were killed in the Devil’s Hole Massacre?

73

How did the British respond to Pontiacs rebellion?

They provided the Natives with blankets infected with smallpox so disease spread quickly and the Natives were defeated in the Battle of Bushy Run

When was Pontiacs Rebellion ended?

1766 when Pontiac signed a peace treaty

What was the consequence of the rebellion?

The Royal Proclamation

What did the Royal Proclamation state?

They would renew gift giving to Natives and lifted trade restrictions

Gave the Ohio Country back to the Natives

Left 10,000 British troops to ensure no further rebellion which cost them £440,000 per year

What was the aim of the Royal Proclamation?

To prevent further rebellion from the Natives

Who were the Paxton Boys?

A militia of Scottish and Irish settlers who were unhappy with the restrictions on where they could settle

What did the Paxton Boys do?

In December 1763 they attacked the Conestoga Natives as they believed they helped their enemies which they hadn’t

What did the Paxton Boys do in February 1764?

They recruited 250 more frontier settlers and marched on Philadelphia to kill the Natives

How were the Paxton Boys stopped?

They met politicians led by Benjamin Franklin who promised them greater protectives measures and pardoned them for their murders in return for not killing anymore Natives