His proclamation of 1763 tried to restrain the land-greedy colonists from further degrading the Native populations. He told the colonies to stay on the coastal side of the mountains and leave the Natives alone. But a lot of founding fathers had real estate schemes: the surveyor Washington, old Ben who wanted the state of Franklinia over the mountains. They wanted Ohio and Kentucky.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Proclamation_of_1763
" The proclamation at least temporarily forbade all new settlements west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains, which was delineated as an Indian Reserve.[2]
Exclusion from the vast region of Trans-Appalachia created discontent between Britain and colonial land speculators and potential settlers. The proclamation and access to western lands was one of the first significant areas of dispute between Britain and the Thirteen Colonies and became a contributing factor leading to the American Revolution.[3]
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George Washington was given 20,000 acres (81 km2) of land in the Ohio region for his services in the French and Indian War. In 1770, Washington took the lead in securing the rights of himself and his old soldiers in the French War, advancing money to pay expenses for the common cause and using his influence in the proper quarters. In August 1770, it was decided that Washington should personally make a trip to the western region, where he located and surveyed tracts for himself and military comrades."
An awful lot of Natives and Blacks fought for the British. Look up Tecumseh.
Of course, the British aristocracy went on to become the worst exploiters in the world.
Another perspective for the 250th. It bears discussing.
I'll probably read a book and try to calm the dog from the mock warfare.
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