Pontiac or Obwaandi'eyaag was an Odawa war chief known for his role in the war named for him, from 1763 to 1766 leading Native Americans in an armed struggle against the British in the Great Lakes region due to, among other reasons, dissatisfaction with British policies.
The American Revolution established the United States as a nation built on the idea of citizens' rights and freedoms. It was revolutionary in its time, because governments than typically had been in the interests of those at the top of society (kings and aristocrats). But the American Revolution put power in the hands of the people, and that revolutionary idea still holds true. We still think of the United States as having the ability to pursue revolutionary change, including changing who is in control in government, based on what is good for the people. Thomas Jefferson expressed this ideal in the <em>Declaration of Independence </em>(1776):
- <em>We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain </em><em>unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.</em><em>–That to secure these rights, </em><em>Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, </em><em>–That </em><em>whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,</em><em> laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem </em><em>most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. </em>
One of the main reasons why the invasion of the Byzantine empire by the Turks was significant was because that when the Turks first invaded the Byzantine Empire, the Holy Lands in the empire itself were taken over, which caused the Pope to supply troops for the Crusades.
55,000 were killed, captured or wounded.
I did research and it didn't give me a number for just killed.