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What was the primary purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?

To declare the colonies' independence from the British Crown
To force colonists living near the frontier to pay for the housing and provisioning of British regular troops
To prevent conflict between colonists and Native Americans west of the Appalachian Mountains
To establish a new boundary between the American colonies and Spanish Florida

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Correct answer: To prevent conflict between colonists and Native Americans west of the Appalachian Mountains

Following Pontiac's Rebellion, the British government issued the proclamation to forbid colonial settlement west of the Appalachians. Colonists, who felt they had fought the French and Indian War to win that land, viewed this as an act of tyranny.

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