10. Read the following passage:Pontiac was unquestionably the moving spirit in the plot devised to capture Detroit. FrancisParkman believed he was the instigator of the entire uprising of the western Indiansagainst British rule, a belief that Parkman expressed in his History of the Conspiracy ofPontiac, published in 1851. A century later, however, Howard Peckham, in Pontiac andthe Indian Uprising, convincingly refuted Parkman's conspiracy theory and demonstratedthat Pontiac could be credited only with leading the attack against British authority in theDetroit area. In 1763 Pontiac was probably in his forties and had long since risen toleadership among his fellow Ottawa tribesmen because of his intellect, shrewdness,bravery, and oratorical prowess. His plan, as he outlined it to a conclave of Detroit Indiansheld in April 1763, in what is believed to be the site of the present Council Park in thedownriver Detroit community of Lincoln Park, called for gaining entrance into the fort onthe pretext of desiring a parley, and then, at a given signal attacking their enemies.Unfortunately for the Indians, the commandant of the fort had been forewarned.Willis F. Dunbar and George S. May, Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State, 3rd Rev.Ed. (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1995), pp. 64, 66.Which of the following best encapsulates the Peckham thesis?(a) Pontiac had little to do with the uprising against British authority in the west.(b) Pontiac was the instigator of the uprising against British authority in the west.(c) Pontiac was too old to lead the uprising against British authority in the west.(d) Pontiac was an important but not the sole leader of the uprising against Britishauthority in the west.

The best encapsulation of the Peckman Thesis is that Pontaic was an important but not the sole…

Pontiac was unquestionably the moving spirit in the plot devised to capture Detroit. Francis Parkman believed he was the instigator of the entire uprising of the western Indians against British rule, a belief that Parkman expressed in his History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac, published in 1851. A century later, however, Howard Peckham, in Pontiac and the Indian Uprising, convincingly refuted Parkman's conspiracy theory and demonstrated that Pontiac could be credited only with leading the attack against British authority in the

Pontiac was unquestionably the moving spirit in the plot devised to capture Detroit. Francis Parkman believed he was the instigator of the entire uprising of the western Indians against British rule, a belief that Parkman expressed in his History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac, published in 1851. A century later, however, Howard Peckham, in Pontiac and the Indian Uprising, convincingly refuted Parkman's conspiracy theory and demonstrated that Pontiac could be credited only with leading the attack against British authority in the