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Events Leading to the Revolutionary War

By jggauthier

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    The Proclamation of 1763 barred the English colonists from settling West of the Appalachian Mountains. This was to create a buffer zone between the Native Americans and colonists -- the idea was that if there was no contact between them, there would be no conflict. The colonists reacted angrily to this proclamation and many ignored the law and moved west anyway.