Summary Of The Louisiana Purchase 1803 And The Proclamation Line Of 1763

The Louisiana Purchase 1803 and the Proclamation Line of 1763 were documents that changed the course of the United States. The Proclamation Line was one of the several attempts to keep the peace between Native Americans and white settlers. The intention of the imaginary line was to reduce conflict between the two cultures living in the border zone. Louisiana Purchase was done to ensure western expansion and to kept the United States of America from pursuing a war with France.

The Proclamation Line of 1763, has become the foundation for Native Americans law in the United States. This proclamation followed slightly after the Seven Years’ War conclusion, and after the incident where the Ottawa tribe commanded by their Chief Pontiac led his warriors to rebellion attacking British forts. The British counterattacked them, handing out blankets infected with smallpox to Chief Pontiac’s supporters. In addition, a white gang known as the Paxton Boys retaliated by massacring twenty innocent Native Americans civilians. To prevent these types of attacks between the white settlers and the Native Americans, King George III, issued The Proclamation Line of 1763.

On October 7th in 1763, King George III issued the royal statement known as The

Monroe and Livingston signed a draft treaty on April 30, 1803, meaning that the treaty was still in need of the U.S Senate’s signature. The U.S Senate signed the treaty on October 20, 1803. Although the price accorded was $15 million, the United States did not pay that whole amount. People of the United States had some claims for damage and destruction amounting $3.75 million against the French. Thus, the United States agreed to pay for those damages and paid the remaining balance to the French amounting $11.25