By the first decade of the nineteenth century, intense Indian wars had resulted in significant cessions of land to the U.S. government by treaty.
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READING THE MAP: Locate the Appalachians. The Proclamation Line of 1763 that ran along these mountains forbade colonists to settle west of the line. How well was that purpose met?
CONNECTIONS: How much did the population of the United States grow between 1750 and 1790? How did this growth affect western settlement?