Detroit Clair, and south to Monroe and downriver suburbs, the French Canadians of Detroit, also known as Muskrat French, remain a subculture in the region today. During the French and Indian War (1754–63), the North American front of the Seven Years' War between Britain and France, British troops gained control of the settlement in 1760. They shortened the name to "Detroit". Several Native American tribes launched Pontiac's Rebellion (1763), and conducted a siege of Fort Detroit, but failed to capture it. In defeat, France ceded its territory in North America east of the Mississippi to Britain following the war. Following the
Fort Jennings, Ohio Fort Jennings, Ohio Fort Jennings is a village in the southwestern corner of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The population was 485 at the 2010 census. The first settlement at Fort Jennings was made around 1850. Fort Jennings took its name from a pioneer fort Col. William Jennings built near the site in 1812. The village was incorporated in 1881. Fort Jennings is located at (40.904854, -84.298023). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 485 people, 194