ben0628
Banned
How much deadlier can Pontiac's Rebellion get for the British in 1763-1764? In these two years, Native American tribes from Canada, the Ohio River Valley, and Michigan all rose up against the British who had just won the Seven Years War, and waged a brutal frontier war against the British and American Colonists. In this two year span, almost a dozen British forts in the frontier fell to the Native Americans, a few small expeditionary forces to relieve besieged forts were slaughtered, while thousands of colonists along the frontier were either massacred or displaced. My question is, how much more damage can the Native Americans inflict on the British and American colonists?
The first the that comes to mind is Fort Detroit and Fort Pitt. Both fortresses had significant sized garrisons yet were under siege for the majority of the war and were on the verge of falling, yet they were relieved at the last minute. However, what if they both fall? Fort Detroit almost fell at the very beginning of the war through deceit (which was thwarted when the fort commander's Native American mistress warned him of a trap) while Fort Pitt's garrison was on the verge of collapse until Henry Bouquet and his British relief column barely managed to defeat the the Native American besiegers at Bushy Run (they were almost massacred on the second day, but the British won due to Bouquet's ingenuity).
If Henry Bouquet's force was annihilated at Bushy Run and if the Native American mistress didn't warn the commander of Fort Detroit, causing both Detroit and Pitt to fall, how would this affect the war? If I am not mistaken, at this point the British forces in North American mainland had shrunk considerably due to the later part of the Seven Years War being fought in the Caribbean as well as due to the fact that the Seven Years War was over. If Bouquet's forces were destroyed at Bushy Run, would the British be able to restore order on the Pennsylvanian frontier anytime soon? Would a larger Native American victory in the Pennsylvania frontier lead to a larger Paxton Boys Rebellion (which almost lead to a armed mob of frontiersmen occupying Philadelphia in otl)? And if Pontiac had managed to conquer Fort Detroit in the very beginning of the war, would this have freed up his men to partake in other campaigns against the British, most notably the fighting that was taking place around Fort Niagara and Levitstown between the British and the Senecas?
Could this having any effect on the peace process? Could it lead to a stricter Proclamation of 1763?
The first the that comes to mind is Fort Detroit and Fort Pitt. Both fortresses had significant sized garrisons yet were under siege for the majority of the war and were on the verge of falling, yet they were relieved at the last minute. However, what if they both fall? Fort Detroit almost fell at the very beginning of the war through deceit (which was thwarted when the fort commander's Native American mistress warned him of a trap) while Fort Pitt's garrison was on the verge of collapse until Henry Bouquet and his British relief column barely managed to defeat the the Native American besiegers at Bushy Run (they were almost massacred on the second day, but the British won due to Bouquet's ingenuity).
If Henry Bouquet's force was annihilated at Bushy Run and if the Native American mistress didn't warn the commander of Fort Detroit, causing both Detroit and Pitt to fall, how would this affect the war? If I am not mistaken, at this point the British forces in North American mainland had shrunk considerably due to the later part of the Seven Years War being fought in the Caribbean as well as due to the fact that the Seven Years War was over. If Bouquet's forces were destroyed at Bushy Run, would the British be able to restore order on the Pennsylvanian frontier anytime soon? Would a larger Native American victory in the Pennsylvania frontier lead to a larger Paxton Boys Rebellion (which almost lead to a armed mob of frontiersmen occupying Philadelphia in otl)? And if Pontiac had managed to conquer Fort Detroit in the very beginning of the war, would this have freed up his men to partake in other campaigns against the British, most notably the fighting that was taking place around Fort Niagara and Levitstown between the British and the Senecas?
Could this having any effect on the peace process? Could it lead to a stricter Proclamation of 1763?