George III (r. 1760 – 1776 in the colonies; died 1820) issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, prohibiting colonial settlements west of the Appalachian/Allegheny watershed.
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References:
Paul Johnson, A History of the American People, (New York: HarperPerennial, 1997), 129.