All Posts Tagged With: "King George III"
Doc of the Day: Proclamation of 1763
On October 7, 1763, Great Britain’s Board of Trade under King George III issued the Proclamation of 1763. The proclamation represented an attempt to control settlement and trade on the western frontier of Britain’s North American colonies. The proclamation essentially closed the Ohio Valley to settlement by colonists by defining the area west of [...]
7Oct2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued
Doc of the Day: 1775 Proclamation by the King
On August 23, 1775, King George III of Great Britain issued the Proclamation by the King for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition. After the April 19, 1775, skirmishes at Lexington and Concord, the war of words and harassment mutated into one where the weapons were rifles and artillery. George III, urged by his advisers, felt it [...]
23Aug2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued