The Proclamation Of 1763: An Attempt To Control The Colonists

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.

Beginning in 1764, Great Britain began passing acts to exert greater control over the American colonies. The Sugar Act was passed to increase duties on foreign sugar imported from the West Indies. A Currency Act was also passed to ban the colonies from issuing paper bills or bills of credit because of the belief that the colonial currency had devalued the British money. Further, in order to continue to support the British soldiers left in America after the war, Great Britain passed the Quartering Act in 1765. This ordered colonists to house and feed British soldiers if there was not enough room for them in the colonist’s homes. An important piece of legislation that really upset the colonists was the Stamp Act passed in 1765. This required stamps to be purchased or included on many different items and documents such as playing cards, legal papers, newspapers, and more. This was the first direct tax that Britain had imposed on the colonists. Events began to escalate with passage of the Townshend Acts in 1767. These taxes were created to help colonial officials become independent of the colonists by providing them with a source of income. This act led to clashes between British troops and colonists, causing the infamous Boston Massacre. These unjust requests and increasing tensions all led up to the colonist’s declaration as well as the Revolutionary War.

There were many events that led up to the American Revolution. After the British defeated France and the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763, Parliament began enforcing colonists to help pay for debts that were accrued during the war. George Grenville, Britain’s chief minister, constructed laws such as the Stamp Act, Sugar Act and Quartering Act. These new policies that set in place tariffs on imports, exports, and regulations on trade, infuriated colonists (Tindall & Shi, pg. 121). Colonist did not want to allow such imposed taxes because the people themselves were not represented as equal British subjects. “The issue of taxation became a question of the colonist’ place in the imperial system” (Calloway, pg. 14). Also, after the British victory in the Seven Year war settlers were eager to expand west. British government wanted the colonist to stay east where trade was a major profit, and to navigate to the north or south. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 establishes the Appalachian Mountains as the boundary line between British and Indian lands. This was in part to keep Indian alliances and to keep control on the settler’s expansion. Henry Ellis, Governor of Georgia, spoke of

They thought that there was not good enough reason for the new taxes. England on the other hand stated that they taxed the colonist more because they were nearly bankrupt after the French and Indian War. That felt someone had to help compensate and since the American colonies benefited more. They need to bear most of the cost for England’s’ protection and administration. (Pg.536). Between 1763 and 1774, the government passed a new series of laws; placing the colonies under strict restrictions and making them pay higher taxes.

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

So first off, let's talk about Mercantilism. What is bad about it you may ask? Well lets see from a coloniest point of view. So the mother country gets rich, as the colonies do not. The colonists must sell basically all of their raw materials to the mother country for whatever price the Mother country decides (a cheap price). They must buy manufactured goods from the Mother country (at a high prices) so do you see what I mean.

The Proclamation of 1763 is Britain’s way of keeping colonists off the Indians lands. It was declared after the French and Indian war, on October 7 1763 by King George the third. It's still a fundamental Native American law even today across America and Canada.

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.

The day was October 7th 1763. The air was cold in Britain, and what happened in Britain that day changed the course of history. King George III issued the Proclamation of 1763. This all started because of the French and Indian war. The French and Indian war was a war fought between the British and France who had the Native Americans on their side. It was Britain versus the rest of North America. It was a grueling war, but Britain eventually prevailed. After this war, the King created the Proclamation of 1763. After the French and Indian war, the relationship between the American colonists and Britain was strained because Britain took away their land, the colonists didn’t like the Proclamation of 1763, and Britain had listened to the Native Americans over the Colonists.

“British soldiers began taunting and cursing them while they pelted them with snowballs”(doc c). Although the colonists were throwing snowballs and did start it, it was unnecessary for the soldiers to fire their weapons in response. If they just held their ground it would have shown Britain is strong and can be in control. The Soldiers wanted the colonists’ respect without earning it, and the colonists knew the British soldiers were there to enforce unfair laws. “British government however, passed laws called the Proclamation of 1763. The law stated that colonists could not move westward of the Appalachian mountains”(Doc A). The British soldiers were telling the American colonists where they were able to live. Any colonist who lived west of the Appalachian mountains would have to move back to the east side. The colonists were not pleased with Britain's strict rules and not want to abide by

The British were mad because they colonists were rioting and they did not know why. The british needed to pay back debt and they taxed the colonies to do so.

The first of several laws to accomplish this was the Proclamation of 1763 which forbade the colonists to move westward past the Appalachian Mountains. In 1764, Britain passed a law that prevented the colonies to print and use their own money. These and several other laws passed to tighten the English reign on the colonies brought out a lot of anger

The colonists desired to have their own nation, but the British government continued to place laws and rules over them so they would not lose rule over them.

The British had control of the thirteen colonies for many years prior to the French and Indian War. After the war Britain took sole possession of the thirteen colonies. The French and Indian War had put Britain in debt so they began taxing the colonists. Britain also began to enforce laws made by the King of England. This led to the phrase "no taxation without representation". The colonists had no other choices but to try and settle their differences with Britain or attempt to break away.

The royal proclamation is not without its flaws, like everything else. One flaw that existed within the royal proclamation was that the scripting of it, and the negotiation of the wording of it did not include indigenous leaders at the time. Indigenous leaders were not engaged in the scripting of the proclamation itself, and that’s true. Royal proclamations are issued decrees that are designed by a government and issued by the King. In this instance, the royal proclamation of 1763 was scripted by the British monarch and issued by its leader, King George III. So the royal proclamation of 1763 is not a treaty. It was not something that was negotiated. However, it became something intriguing because of a fellow named Sir William Johnson. In the