Multiple choice

What was the purpose of the Proclamation Line of 1763?

  1. to avoid conflicts with French traders

  2. to avoid conflicts with Native Americans in Ohio River Valley

  3. to prevent smuggling

  4. to collect taxes on documents printed in the colonies
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Following the French and Indian War, Great Britain issued the Proclamation of 1763 to forbid colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. This was intended to prevent costly conflicts between colonists and Native American tribes in the Ohio River Valley.

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