USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Proclamation Line of 1763 was a British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide. Decreed on October 7, 1763, the Proclamation Line prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War.

Detailed explanation-2: -After the Seven Years’ War, the British Parliament creates the Indian Proclamation Line of 1763, which bans colonists from settling west of the middle of the Appalachian Mountains.

Detailed explanation-3: -Many colonists hoped to settle further west in hopes of new, cheaper land. The problem however, was that this land was already occupied by Native Americans. The treaty that ended the French and Indian War gave the British Empire the territory from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by the British at the end of the French and Indian War to appease Native Americans by checking the encroachment of European settlers on their lands.

Detailed explanation-5: -"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 Licence for that Purpose first obtained."