The Proclamation of 1763
The Oregon territory was one of the first far western boundaries of the United States. The settlement of the area was spurred on fur trade with the Native Americans.
American Indians controlled the land west of the Appalachians.
by providing arms and ammunition to Native Americans
Settlement had begun in the Ohio River Valley as well as the Mississippi River Valley. Exploration and rising tensions with American Indians had also begun.
After a Native American war against the British in the Ohio River Valley known as Pontiac's Rebellion, the British signed a treaty in 1763 which stipulated that no whites could permanently settle west of the Appalachian mountains, with some exceptions for trading and military purposes. When the American colonies won their independence in 1783, the new country received the territory between the Appalachians and the Mississippi, and the white settlement there began.
After a Native American war against the British in the Ohio River Valley known as Pontiac's Rebellion, the British signed a treaty in 1763 which stipulated that no whites could permanently settle west of the Appalachian mountains, with some exceptions for trading and military purposes. When the American colonies won their independence in 1783, the new country received the territory between the Appalachians and the Mississippi, and the white settlement there began.
little turtle along with the miamis and shawnees (Native Americans)
The Colonists successful end to the American Revolution had a negative effect on Indians. The lands west of the Appalachians were opened up to settlements. The British had closed these borders to further settlement.
land west of Appalachians
The Proclamation of 1763 greatly angered the colonists. They had fought with the British to defeat the French and gained the lands beyond the Appalachians hoping to settle there. The proclamation banned colonial settlement in the area.
The Proclamation of 1763 greatly angered the colonists. They had fought with the British to defeat the French and gained the lands beyond the Appalachians hoping to settle there. The proclamation banned colonial settlement in the area.
Settlement had begun in the Ohio River Valley as well as the Mississippi River Valley. Exploration and rising tensions with American Indians had also begun.