Essay Archive - Proclamation Act of 1763
Proclamation Act of 1763
The Proclamation Act of 1763 was a major change for both the English and
the French. For the English, they wanted to assimilate the French. This was
One, the British had, after all, conquered them, and wished to create a
full British Empire. They thought that the only way to do this was to
assimilate all other cultures (except the Natives) into their culture.
Two, the French were still a threat, and Quebec was the foothold in the
New World for France. The mother country, France, could send armies to New
France and attack....
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