The Proclamation Line Analysis

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Dr. Evans,
The gaining of new territories after the war was controlled by England and would restrict the colonist in settling in the areas to the west. This was done by the Proclamation of 1763 (Shultz, 2013). British government would state where settlers could settle at, only in Canada and Florida, the new territories that were acquired from the French and Indian War. Therefore, the British government would not allow anyone to move west, the Proclamation Line, especially since they wanted to control the trading with the Indians. This would cause dissention among the colonists, since the whole reason for the French and Indian War was to be able to move farther west and they were under the assumption of being allowed to do this (Shultz,