Proclamation of Rebellion

Proclamation of Rebellion
Eyre and Strahan Broadside
Date effective	23 August 1775 (1775-08-23)
Repealed	5 December 1782 (1782-12-05) (de facto)
Signatories	George III of Great Britain
Subject	American Revolution
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The Proclamation of Rebellion, officially titled A Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition, was the response of George III to the news of the Battle of Bunker Hill at the outset of the American Revolution. Issued on 23 August 1775, it declared elements of the American colonies in a state of "open and avowed rebellion". It ordered officials of the empire "to use their utmost endeavours to withstand and suppress such rebellion". The 1775 proclamation of rebellion also encouraged subjects throughout the empire, including those in Britain, to report anyone carrying on "traitorous correspondence" with the rebels to be punished.