<P> The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7 , 1763 , by King George III following Great Britain 's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War / Seven Years ' War . It forbade all settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains , which was delineated as an Indian Reserve . </P>
what prohibited further colonial settlement west of the appalachian mountains in 1763
The Royal Proclamation of 1763