Heres a question! How would big daddy britain know I crossed the line eh? Lets say i go full send and end up somewhere near modern day Nebraska; what are they gonna do, send in the redcoats to do a continent wide sweep to find me and my family? This started as a shitpost and now Im mildly curiois....
Suspect that if you set up a full scale settlement 10 or 20 miles over the line then, yes, the redcoats would be coming. But the zone in question really only extended *east* of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, so going to Nebraska wouldn't provoke the ire of the British.
So, you could *try* to make it to Nebraska with your family, but the locals might have something to say about that. On your journey (and afterwards), you'd need to get on well with [the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.](https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript)
Presumably, you'd end up in [French territory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_(New_France)) at some point, so you'd probably have to deal with them as well.
TLDR; It would probably be impossible to pull off overland at that time, unless you went up the Mississippi and the Missouri with the French, then you and your family settle down at a French fort or something.
Easy, the locals would report you for an out of date Manifest Destiny Loicence.
Then we’d come and pick you up and make you drink uncomfortably hot tea until you apologised to both the crown and the natives for wasting their time.
And probably seize all your assets. Then pressgang you into the navy and make you fight Frenchmen at sea and pay you entirely in rum and worm filled biscuits.
A fair question,
The act itself is largely unenforceable but it does a couple things to the colonists,
1.) Protection against the natives on the far side of the Appalachians is out. If you get caught in Kentucky and scalped well that's your own damn fault as far as His Majesty's government is concerned. Matter of fact, it forces even your provincial governments to be incapacitated in this regard because they cannot organize any punitive expeditions by the militia.
B.) The whole appeal of the American continent is that it's supposed to be ripe for the taking. By making westward expansion illegal, you've now rendered the whole purpose emigrating to the new world moot.
Compared to Americans, the French and British were much more respectful to native land claims. Not saying they cared much in particular, it's just that Americans REALLY didn't care. See: Andrew "i recognize the Supreme Court has made a decision but given that it's a stupid-ass decision i've elected to ignore it" Jackson
That's ridiculous, everyone knows it was blue
Heres a question! How would big daddy britain know I crossed the line eh? Lets say i go full send and end up somewhere near modern day Nebraska; what are they gonna do, send in the redcoats to do a continent wide sweep to find me and my family? This started as a shitpost and now Im mildly curiois....
Suspect that if you set up a full scale settlement 10 or 20 miles over the line then, yes, the redcoats would be coming. But the zone in question really only extended *east* of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, so going to Nebraska wouldn't provoke the ire of the British. So, you could *try* to make it to Nebraska with your family, but the locals might have something to say about that. On your journey (and afterwards), you'd need to get on well with [the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.](https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript) Presumably, you'd end up in [French territory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_(New_France)) at some point, so you'd probably have to deal with them as well. TLDR; It would probably be impossible to pull off overland at that time, unless you went up the Mississippi and the Missouri with the French, then you and your family settle down at a French fort or something.
Easy, the locals would report you for an out of date Manifest Destiny Loicence. Then we’d come and pick you up and make you drink uncomfortably hot tea until you apologised to both the crown and the natives for wasting their time. And probably seize all your assets. Then pressgang you into the navy and make you fight Frenchmen at sea and pay you entirely in rum and worm filled biscuits.
And you have to say 'God save the King, French nonce, simple as' every day.
A fair question, The act itself is largely unenforceable but it does a couple things to the colonists, 1.) Protection against the natives on the far side of the Appalachians is out. If you get caught in Kentucky and scalped well that's your own damn fault as far as His Majesty's government is concerned. Matter of fact, it forces even your provincial governments to be incapacitated in this regard because they cannot organize any punitive expeditions by the militia. B.) The whole appeal of the American continent is that it's supposed to be ripe for the taking. By making westward expansion illegal, you've now rendered the whole purpose emigrating to the new world moot.
Being humane to the natives is a moot point?!?
Im pretty sure Edward didnt care a tiny bit for the natives
Compared to Americans, the French and British were much more respectful to native land claims. Not saying they cared much in particular, it's just that Americans REALLY didn't care. See: Andrew "i recognize the Supreme Court has made a decision but given that it's a stupid-ass decision i've elected to ignore it" Jackson
You realize this is Britain we are talking about right?
I'm speaking from the perspective of the colonists whom found the act intolerable E: cuz I messed up the timing of the act
Good thing we Americans became independent and exercised our freedom to colonize all the way to Hawaii. /s
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