his term refers to the wilderness area of Georgia that attracted large numbers of Scots-Irish settlers during the Colonial period.

Backcountry

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This term refers to the wilderness area of Georgia that attracted large numbers of Scots-Irish settlers during the Colonial period: we are talking about the backcountry.

In colonial America times, the backcountry was that part of the American territory west the Appalachians Mountains, such as Georgia. The English people considered this land as a native and remote land, inhabited by primitive Native American Indian tribes. The government of Great Britain issued the Proclamation of 1763 after the French and Indian War. This proclamation prohibited American colonist to settle these territories west the Appalachians. The English crown tried to prevent further land conflicts. Of course, the American people disobey the terms of the Proclamation.