Video Quiz: Fast Facts About the Proclamation of 1763

After the French and Indian War, how did the Native American leader Pontiac react to the British military's presence on his land?

• Pontiac surrendered without resistance
• Pontiac joined forces with the British military
• Pontiac signed a peace treaty with the British
• He and other tribes launched an attack on the British

Why did the British government draft the Proclamation of 1763?

• To expand British territory into the Ohio River Valley
• To establish a new tax system in the colonies
• To keep Native American tribes happy by stopping westward expansion by their colonists

• To enforce strict trade regulations on the American colonies

The Proclamation of 1763 allowed Native Americans to keep the area west of the ___________

• Mississippi River
• Appalachian Mountains
• Great Lakes
• Missouri River

After the Proclamation of 1763 was issued, what happened to the colonists who had already settled west of the Appalachian mountains?

• They were grandfathered into the land

• They were allowed to form their own independent nation

• They were exempt from paying taxes

• They were required to move back east of the mountains.

True or False: Many Americans felt the Proclamation of 1763 was fair and needed to keep the peace with the Native Americans

• True

• False

Who dismissed the Proclamation of 1763 as "a temporary expedient to quiet the minds of the Indians"?

• George Washington

• Napoleon Bonaparte
• King George III
• Thomas Jefferson

What was one of the unintended but most significant effects of the Proclamation of 1763?

• Formation of the Sons of Liberty

• the universal hatred for the British it created throughout colonial America

• Expansion of trade with Native American tribes

• Enhanced communication and cooperation between the British and colonists

The Proclamation of 1763 was one of the first times ________

• the American colonies asserted control over the British government
• Native American tribes were granted land rights

• the 13 colonies were united in opposition to the British

• the French government attempted to assert control over the American colonies

Why were the colonists upset about the Proclamation of 1763?

• They thought the British had promised them land to the west

• They were allowed to freely trade with other countries

• They granted the colonists with more land

• because it decreased the colonists' representation in the British Parliament

One of "the earliest and least obvious" causes of __________ was the Proclamation of 1763

• the Loyalist Movement

• the Industrial Revolution

• manifest destiny

• the American Revolution