Closing of the Frontier
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Frontier, Pioneers
- Curriculum: American History 1878-1900, American Indian History
- Geographical Location: United States
- Date: 1890
Article abstract: The U.S. Census Bureau declares that the American frontier is closed, coinciding with the end of the Indian wars.
Summary of Event
Following the French and Indian War, the victorious British government issued the Proclamation of 1763 and created a frontier line between the Allegheny Mountains and the Mississippi River. This reserved the land to the west “for the moment” to the American Indians, closing it to settlers and land speculators until King George decided what to do with his newly acquired, previously French-dominated...
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