Colonizing Colonists and the Indigenous Commons

The Royal Proclamation, 1763

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This chapter outlines the British assumption of power after defeating France in North America and the Royal Proclamation of 1763, and the Treaty of Niagara and reviews British relations with the French and Indigenous populations and the Acadian expulsion.

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Bryan D. Palmer

Bryan D. Palmer is Professor Emeritus and former Canada Research Chair, Canadian Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, former editor of Labour/Le Travail, and has published extensively on the history of labour and the revolutionary left. Among his many books are Canada’s 1960s and the co-authored, Toronto's Poor: A Rebellious History. He lives in Warkworth, Ontario.