Western Expansion

  • Proclamation of 1763

    1763, The proclamation of 1763 prohibited western expansion beyond the appalachian mountains. The British did this because the needed to collect taxes from the colonists to pay off their debt from the seven years’ war and the British wanted to keep them close to colonial authority.

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