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  2. Royal Proclamation of 1763 - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by British King George III 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 . [ 1 ]

  3. Backcountry (historical region) - Wikipedia

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    After the French and Indian War (1754-1763), Great Britain issued the Proclamation of 1763 that forced many English settlers out of the land west of the Appalachians in order to prevent future conflicts. The boundary drawn between the Thirteen Colonies and the Backcountry in the 1763 Proclamation solidified the boundary between the two regions ...

  4. Line of Property - Wikipedia

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    The Line of Property is the name commonly given to the ... but instead a north-south line (present-day boundary between the ... in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 ...

  5. Indian Reserve (1763) - Wikipedia

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    "Indian Reserve" is a historical term for the largely uncolonized land in North America that was claimed by France, ceded to Great Britain through the Treaty of Paris (1763) at the end of the Seven Years' War—also known as the French and Indian War—and set aside for the First Nations in the Royal Proclamation of 1763.

  6. Fort Stanwix - Wikipedia

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    The purpose of the conference was to renegotiate the boundary line between Native American lands and white settlements set forth in the Proclamation of 1763. The British government hoped a new boundary line might bring an end to the rampant frontier violence, which had become costly and troublesome.

  7. Mason–Dixon line - Wikipedia

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    The Mason–Dixon line is a demarcation line separating four U.S. states: Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia. It was surveyed between 1763 and 1767 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon as part of the resolution of a border dispute involving Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware in the colonial United States. [1]

  8. Cornstalk (Shawnee leader) - Wikipedia

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    During Pontiac's War, the British issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which created a boundary between the British colonies and Native land in the west. This boundary did not last long: in the 1768 Treaty of Fort Stanwix , Sir William Johnson negotiated a new boundary line with the Iroquois , ceding lands south of the Ohio River (present-day ...

  9. Territorial evolution of North America since 1763 - Wikipedia

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    February 10, 1763. The 1763 Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War. It was signed by Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement. Preferring to keep Guadeloupe, France gave up Canada and all of its claims to territory east of the Mississippi River to Britain. [4]