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__** Britain and Policy for Quebec **__ __** Seven Years War: **__ The seven years war was the first global war.

**a)** France, Austria, Russia, Saxony, Sweden and Spain were fighting against Prussia, Great Britain, and Hanover. Battles were fought in Europe, North America, Africa, The Philippines and India. There were two main reasons for the war: 1. Fierce competition against France and Great Britain for more colonies. 2. Austria and Prussia were struggling to be the most powerful country in the area of Europe.
 * b) ** France was suffering defeat in America. They lost Louisburg in 1758 and Quebec in 1759, and also some land in the West Indies. The war cause many shortages in things like food and resources. The government realized that it cost too much to have an army in the colony. Britain declined to commit its main forces on the continent, where it depended on the Prussians and German mercenaries to defend. France found itself committed to fighting in Europe to defend Austria, which could do nothing to aid France over seas.During the Seven Years War the British were not happy with the ability of the colonies to defend themselves. Most of the fighting was done by the British regular army and peasant militia was of little consequences. The British were then faced with the task of raising, training, and maintaining an army in North America. This task would prove to be very expensive. The British felt that the cost should be borne by the colonies.

__﻿Royal Proclamation of 1763__

 * a) **This proclamation was issued by King George III to establish a basis of government administration in the N American territories.

** b) ** It established the constitutional framework for the negotiation of Indian treaties with the aboriginal inhabitants of large sections of Canada. As such, it has been labeled an "Indian Magna Carta" or an "Indian Bill of Rights." This proclamation became a key legal instrument for the establishment of colonial governments in the Province of Quebec. It also defined the legal status of a large area in the N American interior as a vast Indian reserve. The eastern boundary of this territory, which explicitly excluded the colony of Québec and the lands of the Hudson's Bay Co, was set along the heights of the Appalachian mountain range. These special provisions to acknowledge and protect some rights of the native peoples in the N American interior were made in recognition of the fighting power they collectively represented. By holding out to Indians the promise of a degree of security as the sole authorized inhabitants of the larger part of their ancestral lands, the British government was endeavoring to stabilize the western frontier of the old crown colonies along the Atlantic seaboard. The decision to formalize this limited but important recognition of native rights was hastened by news that a number of Indians following Ottawa Chief Pontiac had successfully demonstrated their defiance of crown rule over their lands by briefly seizing several British military posts recently captured from the French. King George reserved the western lands to the "several nations or tribes of Indians" that were under his "protection" as their exclusive "hunting grounds." As sovereign of this territory, however, the king claimed ultimate "Dominion" over the entire region. He further prohibited any private person from directly buying the interest of native groups in their ancestral soil. This exclusive right of purchase he rather reserved for himself and his heirs alone. This proclamation tricked many of the First Nations people into beliving that they were getting protection. When in reality the British Government used the First Nations peoples lands for their own uses.

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