American Revolution

the American Revolution refers to the period during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies that became the United States of America gained independence from the British Empire.

In this period, the Colonies rebelled against the British Empire and entered into the American Revolutionary War, also referred to (especially in Britain) as the American War of Independence, between 1775 and 1783. This culminated in an American Declaration of Independence in 1776, and victory on the battlefield in 1781.

The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October7, 1763 by King George III following Great Britains's gain of French Territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian war. The purpose of the proclamation was to organize Britain's new North American empire, and to stabilize relations with Native Americans through regulation of trade, settlement, and land purchases on the western frontier. The Proclamation forbade colonists of the thirteen colonies from settling or buying land west of the Appalachians. The colonists were angry because many already had land in that area. Additionally, the Proclamation gave the Crown a monopoly in land bought from Native Americans.

King George's Proclamation became a key legal instrument for the establishment of colonial governments in Qubec, E Florida, W Florida and Grenada. It also defined the legal status of a large area in the North American interior as a vast Indian reserve. The eastern boundary of this territory, which explicitly excluded the colony of Québec and the lands of the Hudson's Bay Co, was set along the heights of the Appalachian mountain range. The western border was not specifically described. These special provisions to acknowledge and protect some rights of the native peoples in the North American interior were made in recognition of the fighting power they collectively represented.