The Proclamation of 1763 was written after the French and Indian War. The
Proclamation was a law that no more settlers were to come on the Indian's
land west of the Appalachian Mountains. The British King, George lll, gave
this order as an official announcement or Proclamation. The King drew a
line on a map along the middle of the Appalachian Mountains, from New York
to Georgia. No colonists were to settle west of that line. He proclaimed
this because settlers were coming on the Indian's land which made the Indians
get mad and fight back. Then the King would have to send troops to protect
the settlers. This proclamation also said that the settlers who were
already living there had to move east. People were very angry and they
continued moving in anyway. It resulted in Colonial discontent.
The resources we used were:
Our Country
Social Studies book by Herbert J. Bass, Silver Burdett Ginn
1995.
The New Book
of Knowledge: Vol. 16. 3.
http:// www.ohiokids.org/kids/oh/histroy/h_Indian/document/proc1763.hml
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