Question

Why is Proclamation of 1763 a cause?

Answer 1

on October 7th, 1763 king George lll issued a proclamation that forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian mountain. In so doing he hoped to placate Native Americans who had sided against him during the recently Seven year wars.

Answer 2

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Proclamation of 1763 Cause: British leaders feared that more fighting would take place on the frontier if colonists kept moving onto American Indian lands.

Effect: This law banned British settlement west of the Appalachian Mountians. It also ordered settlers to leave the upper Ohio River Valley.