Jenna

The Proclamation of 1763 By: Jenna The proclamation of 1763 took place after the French and Indian war. After the war, many British people moved into the land that Britain won from the French. This made the natives worried that the movement of the settlers would destroy their way of life. Some of the natives attacked their houses and forts to try to drive out the settlers. By 1763 nearly 2,000 people died as a result of the fighting. The king was worried about the colonists of his colonies so he made a new law that said the natives couldn’t move east of the Application Mountains and the settlers couldn’t move west. The king thought this law would stop the fighting between the settlers and the natives but it only made the settlers want to move west even more. Some settlers continued to move west and disobey their king. Even more of them didn’t like the way the king was controlling them. The colonist didn’t think these kinds of laws would be made when they moved to the colonies. They hoped to gain more authority from the king and even be able to govern themselves. Instead they had to obey the king’s laws without any say in them. They also thought the king should visit he colonies to see what changes needed to be made before he makes the laws for them. Another thing they thought was he should have Representatives for the laws and not just him.