Proclamation by the King for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition

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Abstract

By the summer of 1775, conditions in the British colonies in North America had reached a near frenzy. After twelve years of increasing tensions, rebellious colonists, who now believed that a conspiracy existed to deprive them of their rights as Englishmen, openly took up arms against the mother country. After the April 19, 1775, skirmishes at Lexington and Concord, their war of words and harassment mutated into one where the weapons were rifles and artillery. George III, urged by his advisers, felt it necessary to make a statement expressing his displeasure and the lack of tolerance for such rebellious actions.

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