SS8H3a: Proclamation of 1763 Practice

SS8H3a: Proclamation of 1763 Practice

How did this event lead to the American Revolution?

Multiple Choice

What law forbade colonists to move west of the

Appalachian Mountains?

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Intolerable Acts

• Missouri Compromise

• Proclamation of 1763

Multiple Choice

What was the main purpose of the Proclamation

of 1763?

• to encourage Western settlement

• to repay the debts from the French and Indian

  War

• to limit conflicts with American Indians

• to seize lands claimed by Spain

Multiple Choice

Which group lost its territory in the Georgia

Colony as a result of the Proclamation of 1763?

• French colonists

• American Indians

• the British government

• the Spanish government

Multiple Choice

Why were Georgians less angered by the

Proclamation of 1763 than other colonists?

• It opened more coastal land for settlement by

  Georgia colonists.

• It granted the Georgia Colony a monopoly on

  trade with American Indians.

• It exempted the Georgia colonists from the taxes

  that were imposed on other colonists.

• It created a buffer colony between the Georgia

  Colony and Spanish settlements to the west.

Multiple Choice

Why were many Georgians angered by the

Proclamation of 1763?

• Georgians were mostly Roman Catholic, and the

  proclamation outlawed practicing Catholicism

  east of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Georgians wanted to expand the colony's

  borders, but the proclamation gave part of

  Georgia's territory to the South Carolina Colony.

• Georgians wanted to trade with American

  Indians living in the Indian Reserve, but the

  proclamation outlawed all trade with American

  Indians.

• Georgians wanted to settle land gained in the

  French and Indian War, but the proclamation

  outlawed settlement west of the Appalachian

  Mountains.