King George III's Response To The Royal Proclamation Of 1763

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.

The British had sent more than 10,000 troops to North America by the end of the French and Indian War. The British felt like they had spent a great deal of money in protecting the American colonists. They were in debt around 140 million pounds. To pay off all of their debt the British decided to increase the enforcement of existing taxes on the Colonists and impose additional taxes. The British issued The Proclamation of 1763 which meant the colonists couldn’t cheat the Indians out of land. They also establish a border in where they could not buy land. This made the colonist mad because it made them feel like the British were interfering and trying to limit their economic growth.

While Britain did own this land thanks to the first war, the French were still living in the area and Britain did not want another conflict. The French’s Indian allies also continued to fight even though a peace treaty was signed, but these are not the only reasons that Britain did not want their colonists to travel west. The British hold over American colonists was growing thin and they knew that the farther west they moved the less authority they would have over them. So Britain issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which declared that the colonists are not to go past the Appalachian

This made the colonists get very angry that they had to take care of more people that they didn't even know! This was madness. The proclamation line came into play in 1763 right after the French and Indian War ended. The British had to repay the Native Americans who helped them during the war. So, the Proclamation of 1763 gave the land between the Mississippi River and the Appalachian Mountains to the Native Americans that helped the English during the war (doc 5). The Proclamation Line was the western border of the English colonies. Unfortunately, some colonists already lived past the proclamation line and the colonists didn't want to go back to the squished colonies. Also, the border was so long that it was very hard for the English to enforce. That's why Great Britain passed the quartering act. This made the colonists feel like they were being spied on by the British.

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.

I have the best of news to offer you. In case word hasn’t spread all the way to Switzerland yet, I’ll tell you. The long war has ended with England winning and gaining most of France’s land claim. Past the Mississippi is Spanish territory, but we can’t settle past the Appalachian Mountains anyway. I don’t think that was very fair to us. I mean, I’m happy with the Kevlar Farm, I gotta say. But England told us we couldn’t settle there, because of the Proclamation of 1763. The proclamation made the land we captured for only Indians, even after some supported France! So now the Indians in the village close by have moved to the territory after many of their own folk have gone missing. Also, in addition to the Proclamation, we are being taxed on

The Proclamation of 1763 was a law that put a boundary between the west and the east side of the appalachian mountains. After the French and Indian war, we were excited to expand westward, but King George had a decided he would create the proclamation instead. England says they did this to keep the Indians calm, but they were

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.

a) After the French and Indian War, the London government issued its Proclamation of 1763 and it flatly prohibited settlement in the area beyond the Appalachians. The Proclamation of 1763 established a line in the Appalachian Mountain range that separated the British settlers from the Ohio River valley and this Proclamation said that British settlers could not take up residence west of this line.

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 Proclamation of 1763 just made this argument even more heated. In Source 1K, they say that the Proclamation stated that no settlers will pass the Appalachian Mountains into the Indian territory. Also if you were already in their territory, you needed to pack up and leave. One more reason why the relationship between the British and the Colonists changed is all of the taxes the British government forced unto the colonists, saying that they need to pay for the war. Source 1H states that the taxes they created included, “The Sugar Act of 1764, The Stamp Act of 1765, The Quartering Act of 1765, The Townshend Act of 1767, The Tea Act of 1773, and the Intolerable Acts of 1774.

The End of the Seven Year War and the Signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763, resulted in the British seizing the territory within Canada once held by France. Although the British had control of the land within Canada, a large percentage of its population was still French. The policies of how the newly claimed British territories would be governed was within the 1763 Royal Proclamation. The 1763 Royal Proclamation had policies regarding both the native people, as well as the French settlers within British controlled territory. The Quebec Act of 1774 would further expand the rights of the French people settled in British territory. Regarding the natives, the proclamation states that natives have a right to land not within settlement areas. To

The Royal Proclamation of 1763 issued by King George the III and mercantilism caused the first grievances colonists had with the British. After the French and Indian War, Great Britain acquired all the land that stretched from the Appalachian mountains to the Mississippi River from the French. This land agreement was the result of the Treaty of Paris. The war officially ended French's control of land in North America because French gave the rest of their land west of the Mississippi to Spain as compensation for Spain's loss of Florida to the British. Even with the prosperous land acquired after the war, King George III passed the Proclamation of 1763 which forbidden colonial settlers from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. The main

Britain noticed the problems that would face with the Natives so they made the Proclamation of 1763. It was then made to further prevent anymore future conflicts with the Natives because of Britain’s huge debt. This angered and confused the colonists, they had just fought two wars for land and they couldn’t even move into it. The colonists complained that they had the right to reside wherever they wanted. This was the beginning of many unfair and unjust laws and acts Britain

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.