After nine years of vigorous fighting over land between the French and the British, the Englishmen managed to claim victory over France, acquiring new frontiers that they were eager to explore. Though these colonists desired to expand beyond the reaches of the Appalachian mountains, King George III thought not of this, not wanting his subjects to disturb the land of the Natives. You see, the King figured that if British settlers were to invade upon the Native American land that the relations between them would grow increasingly worse. Not only this, but the Natives feared this as well. If colonists were to take the land away from them, where were they to go? how would they fare? They were rather concerned about the outcomes of the land, yet more about
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Also, due to the gradual dying off of the Natives from
European diseases, there was much land to spare and offer. If the
British were to colonize beyond the line of the Appalachian Mountains, surely they could learn to coexist with the Natives. In fact, it was common for Native Americans to take willing colonists into their tribes, so it would’ve been rather easy to live amongst each other, yet this is what the King did not realize. British subjects were completely capable of living amongst this race of people.
This was one of the major reasons as to why the American colonies found this law unreasonable, yet not only this, but there was no way to restrict colonization beyond the mountains that was set in stone.
Settlers were well aware of the restrictions, but without a true consequence for moving past the borderline (in the case that the settlers didn’t get caught), colonists continued, and were almost eager, to cross across the borderline. Of course, it was often that a subject was caught trying to cross the border by a British soldier, the consequences varying from at the best, being let off the hook, and at worst, tarring and
Also, due to the gradual dying off of the Natives from
European diseases, there was much land to spare and offer. If the
British were to colonize beyond the line of the Appalachian Mountains, surely they could learn to coexist with the Natives. In fact, it was common for Native Americans to take willing colonists into their tribes, so it would’ve been rather easy to live amongst each other, yet this is what the King did not realize. British subjects were completely capable of living amongst this race of people.
This was one of the major reasons as to why the American colonies found this law unreasonable, yet not only this, but there was no way to restrict colonization beyond the mountains that was set in stone.
Settlers were well aware of the restrictions, but without a true consequence for moving past the borderline (in the case that the settlers didn’t get caught), colonists continued, and were almost eager, to cross across the borderline. Of course, it was often that a subject was caught trying to cross the border by a British soldier, the consequences varying from at the best, being let off the hook, and at worst, tarring and