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- The Proclamation of 1763, issued by the British crown, set territorial limits on where European colonists could settle in America. Its purpose: to appease Indigenous people, who had occupied the land for millennia.
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Oct 27, 2009 · Print Page. The Proclamation of 1763, issued by the British crown, set territorial limits on where European colonists could settle in America. Its purpose: to...
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Proclamation of 1763, proclamation declared by the British crown at the end of the French and Indian War in North America, mainly intended to conciliate the Native Americans by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. Learn more about the Proclamation of 1763 in this article.
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The Royal Proclamation of 1763. After Britain won the Seven Years' War and gained land in North America, it issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which prohibited American colonists from settling west of Appalachia. The Treaty of Paris, which marked the end of the French and Indian War, granted Britain a great deal of valuable North American land.
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III after Great Britain gained French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War / Seven Years' War. The purpose of the Proclamation was to organize Britain's large North American empire, and to make relations with Native Americans better and ...
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.
v. t. e. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III on 7 October 1763. It followed the Treaty of Paris (1763), which formally ended the Seven Years' War and transferred French territory in North America to Great Britain. [1]
The Proclamation of 1763 was a royal edict issued by King George III in October of that year. It prohibited the movement of persons from the 13 colonies into newly acquired western territories, in order to prevent uncontrolled settlement and dangerous encounters with Native Americans and remnant French settlers.
