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2026-07-01 12:03 UTC
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III on October 7th, 1763, acknowledging Indigenous rights to vast territories in North America and forbade all new settlements west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. Any use of these lands had to be negotiated by treaty. It has been called the "Indian Magna Carta" and was included in our Constitution.
But it wasn't perfect, as this analysis points out.
#IndigenousRights #Colonialism
https://activehistory.ca/blog/2013/10/04/the-royal-proclamation-and-colonial-hocus-pocus-a-learned-treatise/
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@PaulBusch@cosocial.ca 2026-07-01 12:10
Full details on the Royal Proclamation of 1763 can be found on this Wiki page. In the U.S. colonies it sparked the Revolutionary War as settlers weren't interested in negotiating with Native People as they moved west. In Canada it was mostly enshrined in law although applied unevenly, and continues to be challenged today in Alberta. It still impacts our history some 260 years later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Proclamation_of_1763