Editing Emmet County, Michigan (section)

===British control===
During the [[Seven Years' War]] (1754–63), [[British colonization of the Americas|British]] and French forces, together with Indian allies on each side, fought on the North American front in what became known in the British colonies as the [[French and Indian War]]. The British took control of Fort Michilimackinac in 1761 and continued to use it as a trading post. In 1763, Ojibwe warriors took the fort as a part of [[Pontiac's Rebellion]] and held it for a year before the British retook it. The British abandoned the wooden fort in 1781 after building the limestone [[Fort Mackinac]] on nearby [[Mackinac Island]].