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Why did many colonists consider the Proclamation to be unfair? Explain why the king and his ministers thought the Proclamation to be a reasonable law. How did the Proclamation of 1763 contribute to a “souring of the relationship” between Great Britain and her subjects in the thirteen colonies?
Proclamation of 1763, Proclamation by Britain at the end of the French and Indian War that prohibited settlement by whites on Indian territory. It established a British-administered reservation from west of the Appalachians and south of Hudson Bay to the Floridas and ordered white settlers to withdraw.
The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. The proclamation was intended partly to help Britain control its new lands. However, it was especially notable for acknowledging the rights of the Indigenous peoples who already occupied the territory.
