What is the proclamation of 1763?

Answer 1

Proclamation of 1763

author:George III

the British wrote it and it was to keep colonists from going past the Appalachian mountains,to avoid colonist intruding into native land and to avoid costly wars with the natives against Britain

--A declaration of the boundary of the 13 coastal colonies

Answer 2

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. The French had effectively hemmed in the British settlers and had, from the perspective of the settlers, played the " Indians " against them.

The first thing on the minds of colonists was the great western frontier that had opened to them when the French ceded that contested territory to the British.

The royal proclamation of 1763 did much to dampen that celebration. The proclamation, in effect, closed off the frontier to colonial expansion. The King and his council presented the proclamation as a measure to calm the fears of the Indians, who felt that the colonists would drive them from their lands as they expanded westward.

Many in the colonies felt that the object was to pen them in along the Atlantic seaboard where they would be easier to regulate. No doubt there was a large measure of truth in both of these positions. However the colonists could not help but feel a strong resentment when what they perceived to be their prize was snatched away from them.

The proclamation provided that all lands west of the heads of all rivers which flowed into the Atlantic Ocean from the west or northwest were off-limits to the colonists. This excluded the rich Ohio Valley and all territory from the Ohio to the Mississippi rivers from settlement.

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After the French and Indian war King George Decided to make the proclamation of 1763 to stop the wars between french and Indians.

Answer 3

The king had signed the Royal Proclamation, of 1763, which drew an imaginary

line along the crest of the Appalachians, beyond which white settlers were

forbidden to go. It also established the new British colonies of Quebec and East

and West Florida.