Panelists talked about Great Britain’s Proclamation of 1763, which forbade colonists from taking Native American lands ... author of Before the Revolution: America’s Ancient Pasts, talked ...

The British, wooing the Indians, had declared Indian lands beyond the Appalachians out of bounds to whites (the Proclamation of 1763). Perhaps once the British ... by 1770 was worth 2,800,000 pounds.

However, the French and Indian War—an international contest for control of the American continent ... King George III issued the proclamation of 1763, which drew a line down the Appalachian ...

July 1: Cherokee attack the southern frontier. July 4: Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence. It’s worth noting that two other branches of the military will turn 250 this year as well. The ...