oct 7, 1763 - Proclamation of 1763

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England passes legislation following the 7 year War forbidding the colonists to settle West of a line in the Appalachian Mountains.

British Rationale: They wanted to prevent disorderly colonization in the new territories and avoid conflict with native Americans

Colonial Reaction: Resentment and failure to comply

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