Backcountry (historical region)

38°26′19″N 79°57′33″W / 38.4385°N 79.9592°W / 38.4385; -79.9592 The Backcountry was a term for the region in around the Appalachians in North America, used before the American Revolutionary War and American expansionism.

The defined boundaries between the British Thirteen Colonies and the Backcountry following the Proclamation of 1763.