Which policy established Indian Territory, as cited in the materials?

• A. Royal Proclamation
• B. Quebec Act
• C. Tariff
• D. British Loyalists

Answer: (A)

The policy that established Indian Territory is the Royal Proclamation. After the Seven Years’ War, it set a clear rule that lands west of the settled colonies would be reserved for Indigenous peoples and could only be opened through formal treaties with them. This created a defined space—Indian Territory—for Indigenous nations and introduced the idea that settlement required negotiation with Indigenous peoples, not just unilateral appropriation. The other options don’t do that: the Quebec Act mainly reorganized governance and rights within existing territories; a tariff is a tax on goods; and British Loyalists refers to people, not a land-policy framework.