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]
What official document stated that colonists were not allowed to cross the Appalachian Mountains?
A
The Proclamation of 1763
B
The Declaration of Independence
C
The Treaty of Paris 1763
D
The Promise to Protect
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -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-4: -The colonists strongly objected to the Proclamation of 1763. They resented that the British government was restricting their settlements and taking control of the west out of their hands. Colonial anger over the proclamation helped spark the 12-year crisis that led to the American Revolution.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Stamp Act of 1765 was ratified by the British parliament under King George III. It imposed a tax on all papers and official documents in the American colonies, though not in England.

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