Answer:
Definitely, Pontiac was a hero. He was courageous and wise warrior. He managed to unite many Alginkin tribes. His troops drove the British out of many forts of the Ohio River Valley. Moreover, his uprising indirectly contributed to the later American Revolution.
Explanation:
It is impossible to reveal the exact losses of the conflicting parties during the hostilities during the Pontiac uprising. According to modern estimates, about 3,500 Indian soldiers and up to 3,000 British soldiers participated in them, and the combat losses of the Indians are estimated at 200 people, but their victims among civilians are hard to be measured. However, as a result of the uprising, the British were forced to suspend the colonization of territories conquered from the French and guarantee the Indians the right to their lands. According to the royal proclamation of 1763, an Indian reservation was formed on the entire territory from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River, where whites were forbidden to settle or buy land. This act is still taken into account in relations between the Canadian government and the indigenous people of America.
The threat from the Indians forced the British government to leave a significant contingent of the armed forces in the American colonies, and for that the colonists were subject to additional taxes. These taxes, as well as the territorial outcome of the Pontiac War, caused discontent among the colonists and became one of the reasons for the American revolution that soon followed.
