"[T]he Great Spirit bade him (Neolin) be seated, and thus addressed him: ... The land on which you live I have made for you, and not for others. Why do you suffer the white men to dwell among you? My children, you have forgotten the customs and traditions of your forefathers. Why do you not clothe yourselves in skins, as they did, and use the blows and arrows, and the stonepointed lances, which they used? You have bought guns, knives, kettles, and blankets, from the white men, until you can no longer do without them ... Fling all these things away; live as your wise forefathers lived before you. And as for these English, ... you must lift the hatchet against them. Wipe them from the face of the earth, and then you will win my favor back again, and once more be happy and prosperous." — From the speeches of Pontiac, 1762–1763 How is the excerpt related to the Proclamation of 1763?
A. British officials rejected American Indian claims to lands in the French cession and so ordered immediate white settlement there.
B. Pontiac negotiated an agreement with the British to end the trade of European manufactured goods between American Indians and settlers.
C. British officials were concerned that the speeches could lead to violence, and they prevented rebellion by making a treaty with American Indian leaders.
D. Pontiac led a rebellion that caused British officials to issue the law in an effort to stop further violence by protecting certain areas for the American Indians.
I know it is not B.
