USA HISTORY

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The main reason Great Britain established the Proclamation Line of 1763 was to-
A
allow Canada to control the Great Lakes region
B
avoid conflicts between American colonists and Native Americans
C
To make profits by selling land west of the App. Mnts
D
Protect French Catholics of Quebec
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The main reason that Great Britain established the Proclamation Line of 1763 was to –-To protect the colonists from conflicts with Native Americans.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Proclamation of 1763 created enormous resentment among the colonists towards Britain. They felt that it was unfair of Britain to forbid them from settling on the land because they helped Britain fight for it during French and Indian War.

Detailed explanation-4: -The proclamation provided that all lands west of the heads of all rivers which flowed into the Atlantic Ocean from the west or northwest were off-limits to the colonists. This excluded the rich Ohio Valley and all territory from the Ohio to the Mississippi rivers from settlement.

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