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]
Why were many colonists angry about the Proclamation of 1763?
A
They were unhappy because they could not settle on new lands.
B
They wanted to travel all the way west to California.
C
They wanted to share the land with the Native Americans.
D
They wanted their money back for the land.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -American colonists were unhappy with the British in 1763, because Britain did not allow the American colonists to enter the new lands that Britain had won from France.

Detailed explanation-2: -They felt the Proclamation was a plot to keep them under the strict control of England and that the British only wanted them east of the mountains so they could keep an eye on them. As a result, colonists rebelled against this law just like they did with the mercantile laws.

Detailed explanation-3: -It required that future land purchases be made only by government officials in a public meeting. 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.

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