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Events on Friday 7 October 1763 1
1763Royal Proclamation of 1763 issuedBritain restricts colonial settlement west of the AppalachiansKing George III's government issued a proclamation forbidding British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, reserving the region for Native American nations. It also organized the newly acquired territories of Quebec, East Florida, West Florida, and Grenada. The measure angered many American colonists and became a long-term source of friction with Britain.