This was the first major test of the new British imperial policy. In 1763 an Indian chief led an attack against the colonial settlements on the western frontier, they were angry that the European settler were pushing westward onto their land and not even offering them gifts like the French did. The Indians created an alliance in the Ohio River Valley and destroyed forts from NY to Virginia. The British used regular troops to put down the uprising because they did not feel that they could rely on colonial forces to handle it.

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