![]() “Many Americans resented the Proclamation Act, however, because they thought the point of the war against the French and Indians was to make this land safe for British settlers. The British were tired of sending more troops over to the colonies for defense and did not want the colonies to be any farther from the British empire across the sea than they already were. The Proclamation Act of 1763 was created by the British after the French and Indian War ended and did not allow the colonies to expand westward. ![]() ![]() The British parliament passed the Proclamation Act of 1763 that opened Quebec and Florida up for settlement, but set aside French lands between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River for Indians (“1763-65: The War Ends in Europe”). However, there was tension between the American colonists and the British due to the enforcement of the Proclamation Act of 1763. After the French and Indian War, or the Seven Years’ War, the British turned their attention back to the colonists and tried to take control again. ![]()
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