TIMELINE OF US EXPANSION AND SETTLEMENT
Apr 19, 2022
2 minutes
1618 The headright system, in which land is granted to those who sponsor immigrants’ passage, is established in Jamestown.
1763 A British royal proclamation establishes the British Indian Reserve, limiting the settlement of Europeans to Crown-claimed lands east of the Appalachian Mountains.
The Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolution and establishes the northeast border
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