Event

Royal Proclamation of 1763

1763 · 18th century

The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by George III after Britain gained France's North American territories in the Treaty of Paris. It created the provinces of Quebec, East Florida and West Florida and reserved the lands west of the Appalachians for Indigenous nations, forbidding settlement there. The restriction angered colonists, and the proclamation remains a basis of Indigenous rights in Canada.

Royal Proclamation of 1763
Image: King George III · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Province of QuebecProvince of West Florida

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Royal Proclamation of 1763. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/royal-proclamation-of-1763
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