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Part A
Short Answer
Directions: Look carefully at each document and read all of the information
presented. Answer the questions that follow each document on
the lines below the question.
Document 1: Land Settlement
After the French and Indian War, England controlled all of North
America east of the Mississippi River. Many colonists wanted to move
across the Appalachian Mountains to Ohio Country, the great western
frontier that the French had controlled before the war. The British
government however, passed a law called the Proclamation of 1763, saying
that these lands were to be "reserved" for the Indian Nations. By making
this land “Indian Territory,” the British hoped to prevent any further Native
American conflicts. The law stated that colonists could not move westward
over the Appalachian Mountains. Those settlers who were already living
there were to return to the east. By keeping colonists contained east of the
Appalachians, the British could also more easily collect taxes from the
colonists.