The Proclamation of 1763 and the Quebec Act of 1774 were intended to

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The Proclamation of 1763 aimed to stabilize relations with Native Americans through the regulation of trade, settlement, and land purchases on the western frontier. It essentially prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains to prevent conflicts with Native Americans. The Quebec Act of 1774 extended the boundaries of Quebec and granted freedoms to practice Catholicism, aiming to assimilate French Canadians and ensure their loyalty to the British Crown. Both were intended to manage and control settlement and land claims, not directly to address colonial representation, complaints about taxes, acquire more territory for the Crown in an expansionist sense, or to annex Canada to the United States.