free that are able and willing to bear arms..." Response from the colonists was immediate. Newspapers published the proclamation in full, and patrols on land and water were intensified.

The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from claiming land west of the proclamation line; this decision prompted Virginians and residents of other colonies to begin to question British ...

A: The Virginia colonists reacted to Dunmore's Proclamation with a proclamation of their own, to their slaves, which pointed out that Dunmore's Proclamation applied only to the slaves of Patriot ...