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Oct 27, 2009 · The Proclamation of 1763, issued by the British crown at the end of the French and Indian War, set territorial limits on where European colonists could settle in...
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.
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.
The Royal Proclamation of October 7, 1763 Britain's efforts to curtail westward expansion, most notably in the Proclamation of 1763, had little impact on the American colonists eager to settle the area west of Appalachia.
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.
Oct 7, 2013 · How the Proclamation of 1763 Sparked the American Revolution. It's been overshadowed by other events, but King George III’s decree—which banned colonial settlement west of the Appalachians—was...
Decreed on October 7, 1763, the Proclamation Line prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War. This measure advanced British governmental efforts to discourage westward expansion in the decade before the American Revolution, an objective motivated by a number of ...
