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The royal proclamation of 1763 reserved the western territory for whose use?

AFor the use of the Crown
BFor the use of the French
CFor the use of the army
DFor the use of the Indians
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. For the use of the Indians
1. London feared that farmers moving into the newly won lands would provoke a series of Indian wars. 2. The proclamation therefore set aside the country between the Alleghenies, the Floridas, the Mississippi and Quebec. 3. That whole reserve was declared to be for the use of the Indians. 4. Colonists read it as a highhanded denial of their right to occupy and use western lands. _Source: An Outline of American History (U.S. Information Agency, 1990, public domain), section COLONISTS RESIST_
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