Proclamation of 1763 and Quartering Act

Question 1

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

Answer 1

a law requiring colonists to stay east of the Appalachian Mountains

Question 2

What was the colonists response to this proclamation?

Answer 2

Colonists wanted to expand territory and felt like the king was restricting their freedoms

Question 3

How did the colonists get away with not following the proclamation?

Answer 3

The British couldn’t afford to pay soldiers to enforce the law

Question 4

After the war, where were British soldiers moved to and why?

Answer 4

Port cities such as New York and Boston to help enforce laws

Question 5

Who issued the Quartering Act?

Answer 5

British Parliament (government body)

Question 6

What was the Quartering Act?

Answer 6

Colonists had to provide housing for British soldiers

Question 7

How did the colonists react to the Q. Act?

Answer 7

Resented it and provoked hostility and tension between soldiers and colonists

Question 8

Note:

Answer 8

Colonists began to identify as Americans