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GCSE History · key term
The royal measure of 1763 restricting colonial settlement and private land purchases west of the Appalachian Mountains unless authorised by royal officials.
Used by Edexcel
Paper 2
Revise: War in the ColoniesThe Crown responded with the Proclamation of 1763, also referred to in this topic as the Proclamation Act. It restricted colonial settlement and private purchases of Indigenous land west of the Appalachian Mountains, unless authorised by royal officials. Britain intended to reduce further frontier conflict and the need for costly military protection.
Distinguish the Treaty of Paris, which transferred territory between European powers, from the Proclamation of 1763, which restricted colonial settlement.
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