Part of the Treaty of Paris that ended the Seven Years War, Britain's Proclamation of 1763 forbade American colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains.

The Appalachian Mountains occupy a towering spot in ... living there—the British crown issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763. ... the Appalachian Mountains form a line that cleaves the eastern ...

Back in 1763, the British government was trying to prevent the people of the 13 colonies – the people we now call Americans – from settling west of the Appalachian mountains and displacing the ...

King George III’s Royal Proclamation of Oct. 7, 1763, was issued to establish administrative regions in North America by which Britain could organize and control its newly acquired half a ...