King George III issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.

The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III of Great Britain on 7 October 1763. It followed the Treaty of Paris (1763), which formally ended the Seven Years' War and transferred French territory in North America to Great Britain. The proclamation at least temporarily forbade all new settlements west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains, which was delineated as an Indian Reserve.

Royal Proclamation of 1763
Royal Proclamation of 1763 (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
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NorthAmerica-WaterDivides (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
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NorthAmerica1762-83 (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
1768 Boundary Line Map Treaty of Ft Stanwix
1768 Boundary Line Map Treaty of Ft Stanwix (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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