The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"Whereas it is… essential to our Interest,and the Security of our Colonies,that the several Nations or Tribes of Indians ...who live under our Protection,should not be molested or disturbed ...--We do therefore,...declare it to be our Royal Will and Pleasure...for the use of the said Indians,[to be reserved] all the Lands and Territories ...lying to the Westward of the Sources of the Rivers [along the Appalachian Mountains] which fall into the Sea....And We do hereby strictly forbid… all our loving Subjects from… taking Possession of any of the Lands above reserved…"
The Royal Proclamation,King George III,October 1763
-British Proclamations like this one directly led to

A) the development of a series of alliances between the British colonists and neighboring Native American tribes.
B) open warfare between the British colonists and their French counterparts.
C) a growing sense of American identity in the face of perceived injustices.
D) an increase in the economic profitability of the British colonies in North America.