On this day, May 7, in 1763

Pontiac’s Rebellion began when Pontiac, chief of the Ottawa tribe, led an attack on British forces at Fort Detroit. While the attack on Fort Detroit was unsuccessful, many other Native American tribes joined the rebellion and a total of 8 British Forts were soon captured. After a failed attempt at instigating warfare between the rebelling tribes, the British were forced to accept military defeat. In 1765, a treaty was arranged with Pontiac, in which no British prisoners were returned and no tribal lands ceded. Pontiac’s Rebellion was one of few large-scale armed rebellions against European colonization that did not end in defeat.