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Procla mation of 1763

[|Article on the Proclamation of 1763]

1.) How many new colonies were established from the Proclamation of 1763?

2.) How far did the Proclamation of 1763 exend?

[|Article 2 on the Proclamation of 1763]

1.) Who issued the Proclamation of 1763?

2.) At the end of the French and Indian war, what problem was Britian faced with?

The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George sent to halt the expansion of the American colonies beyond the Apalachain mountains. Before the French and Indian war, France protected the Indians. France had helped prevet colonists from settling on indian hunting lands west of the Appalachains. Indian tomahawks killed hundreds of colonists along the western frontier. To preserve indian hunting grounds, an ottawa chief named pontiac led an uprising in the spring of 1763. Britain feared a long and bloody Indian war which it could not afford. To prevent future uprisings, King George issued the proclamation of 1763. The Proclamation act of 1763 was issued to stop the expansion of american colonies beyond the Appalachain mountains. The Proclamation act was a great document that tryed to keep peace between Britain and indians across the west Appalachains.
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 * October 7th, 1763 || King George issued the proclamation of 1763. The proclamation set boundaries of the province and banned settlement west of the Appalachians to keep peace with the Indians. ||
 * 1763 || Treaty of Paris and French and Indian war. The British defeated the French. French gave up land east of the Mississippi, except for New Orleans, to England. Land west of the river and New Orleans went to the Spanish. ||
 * 1763 || The proclamation line resulted as a failure, it was British's attempt to seperate white settlement from the Indian country. ||
 * 1767 || Lieutenant Governor Monfort Browne is named acting governor of West Florida. ||

**By: Kyra and Nick**