The Appalachians
The proclomation of 1763 prevented the colonists from moving west because of the probabilty of Indian attack
The proclomation of 1763 prevented the colonists from moving west because of the probabilty of Indian attack
The proclomation of 1763 prevented the colonists from moving west because of the probabilty of Indian attack
british leaders feared that more fighting would take place on the frontier if colonists kept moving onto american-indian lands.
The Appalachian Mountains
through the Cumberland pass
The Proclamation of 1763 was designed to prevent colonists from moving into the Ohio River Valley. Issued by the British government after the French and Indian War, it prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains to stabilize relations with Native Americans and avoid further conflicts. This decree angered many colonists, who felt entitled to the land they had fought for, leading to increased tensions between colonists and British authorities.
thy supported the british....cuz it kept the colonists from moving farther into their territory
British law made after the French and Indian War that forbid colonists from moving and settling west into the Ohio river valley
the British intervened so that the Americans would not fight with the Indians
The British were moving to seize weapons and ammunition that belonged to the colonists as part of the traditional right to keep and bear arms as free British subjects. The colonists took a stand to defend their rights.