When the Peace of Paris, 1763 was signed, the British crown more than doubled the lands controlled in what would become the United States. From the western boundaries of the original thirteen colonies ...
From King George's proclamation barring colonial westward expansion to the riots against the Stamp Act, these primary sources reveal exactly how British policy and colonial resistance set the stage ...
King George III established the Proclamation Line of 1763. It was meant to prevent colonial exploration and settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. It also voided any previous claims to that ...