The Proclamation of 1763 restricted colonial settlement to which region?

• A. The Appalachian Mountains
• B. The Mississippi River
• C. The Pacific Coast
• D. The Great Lakes region

Answer: (B)

The line drawn by the Proclamation of 1763 runs along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains, establishing a boundary after the French and Indian War. Its purpose was to prevent colonial expansion into lands west of that line and to keep those western areas for Native Americans, aiming to reduce frontier clashes. As a result, colonists were meant to settle to the east of the Appalachian crest—along the eastern seaboard. Regions far to the west, toward the Mississippi, and other distant areas beyond the line, were not opened to colonial settlement under this rule.