USA HISTORY

THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774

THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The major reason the British government issued the Proclamation of 1763, which banned colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains, was to ____
A
keep the British markets on the east coast profitable and avoid conflicts with Native Americans.
B
reduce casualties during the French and Indian War
C
avoid conflicts with Spanish settlers west of the Mississippi
D
promote easy collection of new taxes
Explanation: 

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: -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-3: -The Proclamation of 1763 created an imaginary north-south line through the Appalachian Mountains that colonists were not allowed to settle past. Additionally, settlers who were already living west of the Appalachians had to return. It also forbade colonists from trading and buying land from Native Americans.

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