Class Note Sheet

1. Name: __________________
Pontiac and the Proclamation of 1763
Guided Notes
Essential Question: ____________________________
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1. What was the job of General JefferyAmherst?______________
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2. Sir ____________________________ was the head of the British
Indian Department.
3. What were Amherst’s policies?
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B.
C.
4. What was Johnson’s opinion of Amherst’s policies?_______________
5. ____________ ____________united many tribes in the area against the
British.
6. What does it mean to “lay siege”?_____________________________
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7. What was Chief Pontiac’s first target?__________________
8. Why did Pontiac give up his siege of Fort Detroit?______________
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2. 9. The British lost a total of ______ forts in Pontiac’s Rebellion.
10. What was Amherst’s response to the siege of Fort Pitt?
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B.
11. Who did England send to replace Gen. Amherst? _______________
12. The _____________ _____________ were a group in western
Pennsylvania that attacked local Indian villages when the legislature would
not send them any help.
13. Who negotiated with the Paxton Boys to avoid an attack on
Philadelphia?___________________________________________
14. Chief Pontiac was granted a full _____________under the terms of the
peace treaty he signed.
15. What was prohibited by the Proclamation of 1763?_______________
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16. What did the colonists believe the king’s true reason was for issuing the
Proclamation of 1763?____________________________________
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