When exploring the road to American independence, the multiple factors that led to the American Revolution must be taken into consideration. Aside from the oppressive nature of the British and their policies, Native Americans had a major impact on colonial sentiments towards the British Crown. In chapter three, “The First War of Independence” from Colin Calloway’s The Scratch of a Pen:1763 and the Transformation of North America, Calloway provides an alternative perspective regarding Pontiac’s War in relation to the colonists’ yearn for independence without trivializing Native American incentives for war. While Pontiac’s War was initiated by vexed Native Americans, essentially the war was the first of colonial efforts in gaining complete independence.…show more content… The North American territory that the French once claimed now belonged to Great Britain as the French were expelled from North America. The terms of the treaty were clear between the French and the British, but the Native Americans who were neither under British nor French control did not consider themselves subject to the terms of the agreement (Calloway, 66-69). As colonists expanded westward based on the provisions of the Treaty of Paris, Natives became more disgruntled. The Natives had a sincere, genuine fear for the future of the land they rightfully owned and British attitudes and actions such as limiting trade (which made Indian survival difficult) furthered feelings of hostility. By May of 1763, a notable war chief, Pontiac, organized his tribes and multiple other tribes urging them to attack British soldiers and settlers. The uprising became known as Pontiac’s
