Talk:King George III/@comment-3338975-20121125214906

"On the other hand, one of the major reasons why the Founding Fathers despised George so much was because of his Proclamation of 1763, which banned European settlers from settling anywhere west of the Appalachians. Not really a bad idea, letting the majority of the continent remain in the hands of its rightful owners, the? Native Americans? ." - Somehow, I doubt he had such benevolent, selfless intentions. If he believe he had any right to make such a proclaimation at all, it's probably because he (along with the American colonists) thought of the land as free for the taking, and only made such a proclaimation because he wanted to keep the "colonist rabble" out of the lands which could potentially use for England's purposes instead.