Analyze The Causes Of Plymouth's Rebellion In Early Jamestown

Right before the Stamp Act, the Indian Chief Pontiac attacked the colonist trying to drive them from the land for the last time. The rebellion resulted in Britain passing the Proclamation of 1763 after realizing they did not have the means to protect the vast amount of land they had acquired. The Proclamation stated that no one could settle past the Appalachian Mountains. This law angered the colonist because they believed that the land was rightfully theirs.

This enraged the colonist and made them rethink their political views. The Proclamation of 1763 also had a significant effect on the attitudes of the colonials towards the British. After the war and the Treaty of Paris, the Proclamation of 1763 was one of the first documents issued to govern the colonies. This proclamation simply stated that no further settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains would be allowed. The colonists looked at the proclamation as putting an off limits sign on the Ohio River Valley which the whole war had started over. The Proclamation was actually misinterpreted by the colonist and Britain’s failure to clearly identify its intentions began the chain of events that led to the American Revolution. Each political step taken by the British after the French and Indian War drew Americans closer and closer to revolution.

The Proclamation of 1763 began a growing resentment for basically the same reason they were upset towards the Indians. In the Transcript of the Proclamation of 1763, it states, ” And We do further strictly enjoin and require all Persons whatever, who have either wilfully or inadvertently seated themselves upon any Lands within the Countries above described, or upon any other Lands, which, not having been ceded to, or purchased by Us, are still reserved to the said Indians as aforesaid, forthwith to remove themselves from such Settlements.”(King George III, 1763) If I was a colonist and I read this I would be like, “you are not my mom. I get your my King and have almost complete control over me, but you are not my mom and can’t tell me what to do.”, but then I would follow him in fear that I would get in trouble and be killed. King George III also writes. “And We do further declare it to be Our Royal Will and Pleasure, for the present as aforesaid, to reserve under Our Sovereignty, Protection, and Dominion, for the Use of the said Indians...We do hereby strictly forbid, on Pain of Our Displeasure, all Our loving Subjects from making any Purchases or Settlements whatever, or taking Possession of any of the Lands above reserved, without Our especial Leave and License for that Purpose first obtained.”(King George III,1763) The Colonists were probably mad for the same reason as they were upset. It’s kind of like the King saying, it’s our pleasure, like a mom saying to an aunt that their kid didn’t want to come over, to give this land. Also “Our loving Subjects” is also like a mom getting on to their kid being like “my Wonderful daughter”, but in code saying “you better behave”. But it wasn’t their pleasure and they were just saying that to get on the Indians good side, and the colonists knew that so they were getting more and more upset, until they eventually rebelled. The growing resentment between them started when this Proclamation was written and the colonists got so fed up that they eventually rebelled.

Following the French and Indian War, the American colonists believed they were entitled to the lands gained through the Treaty of Paris in 1763. King George III believed that with the issuing of the Royal Proclamation of 1763, The passage of the Proclamation Line of 1763 created tensions between the American colonists, British crown, and Native Americans due to the closing of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains which was viewed as an attempt to deprive colonists of land in favor of Native Americans.

Britain decided that London should control the expansion of the West. They did not want the colonists to be able to flock westward as they believed this would antagonize the Indian tribes and possibly cause another war. As far as the colonists were concerned, their victory in the Seven Years War, or the French and Indian War, was reason enough to allow them to move westward as they pleased. The Native American Tribes, although they had to give up more of their land to the settlers, were in agreement of the Proclamation since they did not want the white settlers infringing on their territory. The British established four distinct governments under the Proclamation to rule the colonies. The appointed heads of each government were also in charge of Indian relations and the relationship between the Natives and the British improved as a result. In the end, though, the colonists disregarded the Proclamation and pushed westward further into the Ohio

The end of the seven year war, the Native Americans lead an armed revolt, called the Pontiac’s rebellion. The rebellion failed to move the British, but they did successfully kill hundreds of settlers. The British decided to keep peace with the Native Americans by slowing down the settlements moving into Native American’s territories. The British issued the Proclamation Line of 1763, this forbid the settlements in the west of the Appalachian Mountains to reserve that land for the Native Americans. Many colonist decided to ignore this law and moved into the Native American’s reserve land. It was acts like this that disrespected the government that provoked the American

One of the first policies that the British government set into place in the American colonies was the Proclamation of 1763. The proclamation ordered that “no settlers were to cross the Appalachian divide” (100). One of the major issues that the colonists faced were conflicts with the local

The colonists maintained and paid for colonial militias (who were body of citizen soldiers) to help defend them from Native American attacks. To help prevent further violence, the British government issued the Proclamation of 1763. This prevented the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains which was Indian Territory. The Proclamation aimed to separate the Indians and the settlers however it came with other limitations. Traders that were licensed by colonial governors were not allowed trade with Native Americans in that region. Private sales of Indian land were also prevented. The colonists were furious with the limitations from this proclamation. They felt that it hampered their economic growth and they resented Britain’s interference. The colonists concluded that there was not a chance for the proclamation could stop the movement of colonists

During the early seventeenth century, Europeans were hungry to explore the Americas. By the time Jamestown, Virginia was founded in 1607, many colonies were claimed, mainly by England. By the year, 1640, the main Chesapeake colonies and New England colonies were established and settled. This close period of discovering colonies allowed them to interact with one another by trade or even politically. This proved to be beneficial to the British because their main settlements would be able to communicate and collaborate with one another to support the British kingdom. Another similarity between the Chesapeake and New England colonies was the relationship they had with the Native American tribes. Though pleasant in the beginning for both sets of colonies, the Native Americans proved to be a struggle in both the north and the south. In New England, the Pequot War annihilated the entire Pequot tribe after the English set fire to the Natives’ living area. In the south, cultural clashes started the First and Second Anglo-Powhatan War. These conflicts with the natives created an instability in the south and north that would never fully dissipate. Though in very different settings, the Chesapeake and New England Colonies shared some

The British thought a seemingly reasonable way to avoid war with the Indians was the Proclamation of 1763. Britain felt it was necessary as the Native Americans had made it clear they knew their land was valuable (Document B) and were threatening action should American encroachments continue. The Proclamation denied Americans the ability to settle on most of the land west of the Appalachian Mountains, land they felt they had fought for and gained from the French (Document A). By denying Americans land they felt was their right, the British made Americans feel as though they were not being respected. Another inflammatory subject were the acts the British passed regarding to taxes.

Sometimes people may wonder what made America want to be independent. Britain and the colonies never truly had issues with each other. They hardly ever even interacted. This was known as Salutary Neglect. “For 1714 to 1763, British generally allowed the colonies freedom to pursue their economic interests. The colonies were politically independent and self-governing.”1 But Britain always thought they were better than the colonies. There were numerous occasions where the British did the colonies dirty. The colonies helped Britain fight off the Indians and what did Britain do? Britain passed the Proclamation of 1763. “The Proclamation Line forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachians.” The colonist were furious about this. Not only did the Proclamation of 1763 happen that year, they also ended Salutary Neglect. They just helped Britain get this land, and now they were being told they couldn’t even be on the land and it belonged to the same

In 1700 there were only 300,000 people inhabiting the original thirteen colonies, but then the population doubled every twenty-five years and only seventy-five years later, the population rose to 2.5 million people. This population spike caused a major shift in power from Britain to the colonies because originally in 1700 there were twenty English officials for every one colonist, but by 1775 there was only three English official per colonist.

The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by the King of England to prevent colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. The king passed this law after Pontiac’s Rebellion for fear of the colonists upsetting the natives anymore by settling on their land. The colonists, who felt that they had rightfully earned this land in the French and Indian War, ignored the proclamation and continued to settle in the land they had won anyways.

As this move led to a large number of problems with the colonists, the Indian uprising in the Ohio frontier and the Pontiac’s rebellion which led to the proclamation of 1763 were the final nails in the coffin of the beginning of American torment. The proclamation of 1763 forbade any kind of colonial settlement to the west of Allegany Mountains and caused conflict between land hungry settlers and speculators like George Washington.

This adjusted the amount of land the Indians got and the colonists were allowed the Ohio River Valley, but the colonists were still angry at Britain because they had just fought and died for their right to that land. The Proclamation of 1763 was the first stepping stone in a long and rough road to revolution.