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Pontiac  

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  • Ottawa War Leader The conclusion of the French and Indian War in North America left the British Empire in possession of French Canada, extending into the strategic and valuable Ohio River Valley. In acquiring this land, the British also took on obligations to the Indians of the region, with whom the French had maintained generous financial and diplomatic arrangements. [Source: Encyclopedia of War & American Society; Pontiac]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-T9Q7ZZL0-D

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