7 oct 1763 año - Royal Proclamation of 1763

Descripción:

After Pontiac's Rebellion broke out, King George III of England desired to keep the colonists out of war with the Native Americans. The Seven Years' War was extremely costly to Great Britain, and they could not afford to send troops to defend the colonies. So in October 1763, he drew a line along North America close to the Appalachian Mountains and declared that colonists would not be allowed to settle west of it. He also forbade the sale of Native American land to individuals. This had the opposite effect of the king's intentions; colonists were furious that they had spent nine years fighting and dying to drive the French off the continent, only to be barred from claiming the land they had just won. The line was ignored, with colonists continuing to settle west, which heightened tensions with Native Americans as expected.