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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.
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.
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?
Oct 7, 2013 · In an attempt to further flex their dominance in the New World, King George III issued a royal proclamation on October 7, 1763, which established three new mainland colonies (Quebec, West...
The Seven Years’ War, commonly known as the French and Indian War in North America, ended with the Treaty of Paris in February 1763. In the wake of the British victory, King George III of Great Britain issued a proclamation on October 7. The proclamation declared two important things.
Proclamation of 1763. The end of the French and Indian War in 1763 was a cause for great celebration in the colonies, for it removed several ominous barriers and opened up a host of new opportunities for the colonists.
Royal Proclamation of 1763. Wikimedia Commons. After the end of the Seven Years' War, the victorious Britain gained a large swath of French territory in North America.
