Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition

(noun)

The Proclamation of Rebellion, officially titled A Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition, was the response of King George III of Great Britain to the news of the Battle of Bunker Hill at the outset of the American Revolutionary War.

Related Terms

  • Hessians
  • Treaty of Alliance

Examples of Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition in the following topics:

  • Pursuing Both War and Peace

    • The petition was rejected, and in August 1775, A Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition (or the Proclamation of Rebellion) formally declared that the colonies were in rebellion.
    • The Proclamation of Rebellion was written before the Olive Branch Petition reached the British.
    • In August 1775, upon learning of the Battle of Bunker Hill, King George III issued a Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition.
    • This document declared the North American colonies to be in a state of rebellion and ordered British officers and loyal subjects to suppress this uprising.
    • The Proclamation of Rebellion was King George III's response to the Olive Branch Petition.
  • Conclusion: The Fight for Independence

    • King George III, however, denied the Olive Branch Petition, and in August 1775, issued a Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition, declaring the 13 colonies to be in a state of revolt and calling upon British officers and loyal subjects to suppress the uprising.
    • Lord George Germain, Secretary of State for the American Department, bore responsibility for strategy and coordination of British operations during the war and underestimated the difficulties posted by the North American terrain.
    • Washington petitioned Congress for supplies and provisions, but received no support.
    • The British situation began to deteriorate rapidly and Cornwallis asked for terms of capitulation on the 17th.
    • Summarize the general arc of the war and the reasons for colonial victory.
  • Emancipation

    • It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the 10 states then in rebellion, applying to 3.1 million of the 4 million slaves in the United States at that time.
    • The Proclamation made abolition a central goal of the war, outraged white Southerners who foresaw in the Proclamation the potential for race wars, angered some Northern Democrats, energized antislavery forces, and weakened resolve among Europeans who wanted to intervene to aid the Confederacy.
    • Many immigrants in the North viewed the freed slaves as competition for already scarce jobs and as the reason the Civil War was being fought.
    • Due in large part to this fierce competition for labor opportunities, the poor and working-class Irish Catholics generally opposed emancipation.
    • Constitution officially outlawed slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
  • The Whiskey Rebellion

    • The Whiskey Rebellion (1791-1794), a tax protest, was a defining moment of federal triumph over civil unrest and protest.
    • On August 7, Washington issued a presidential proclamation announcing, with "the deepest regret", that the militia would be called out to suppress the rebellion .
    • The Washington administration's suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion met with widespread popular approval, and demonstrated the new national government had the willingness and ability to suppress violent resistance to its laws.
    • Historians such as Steven Boyd have argued that the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion prompted anti-Federalist Westerners to finally accept the Constitution, and to seek change by voting for Republicans rather than resisting the government.
    • George Washington and his troops near Fort Cumberland, Maryland, before their march to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.
  • Confederate Diplomacy

    • The United States government considered the Southern states to be in rebellion and refused to grant formal recognition of the Confederacy as a sovereign state.
    • Sovereign status was important in terms of the rights and obligations accorded to a government under military and international law, so nonrecognition had important implications for the South.
    • In fact, the U.S. government never actually declared war on the Confederacy, instead merely expressing a need to recapture federal forts and suppress an ongoing rebellion, as in Lincoln's proclamation on April 15, 1861.
    • Lincoln's calls for troops referenced an “insurrection” or “rebellion” rather than war with a hostile nation.
    • Britain reacted strongly and for a moment seemed likely to aid the Confederacy; however, tensions soon cooled.
  • The First Emancipation

    • Faced with rebellion and short of troops, Virginia's royal governor called on all able-bodied men to assist him in the defense of the colony, including enslaved Africans belonging to rebels.
    • It is likely that far more heard the call and would have joined if not for the fear of reprisal.
    • After Dunmore's Proclamation, 500 Virginia slaves promptly abandoned their Patriot masters and joined Dunmore's ranks.
    • Tye and his comrades believed that they were fighting not just for their own individual freedom but for the freedom of enslaved blacks in North America.
    • Although the men were often used for foraging and other labor, they also saw battle.
  • Foreign and Domestic Crises

    • Indeed, the American Revolution served as an inspiration for French revolutionaries.
    • Therefore, despite the mutual defense treaty the United States established with France in 1778, Washington and the Federalists declared that the French Revolution rendered previous agreements with France non-binding, and issued a formal Proclamation of Neutrality in 1793.
    • In response, Adams and the Federalist Congress passed the unpopular Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798.
    • The Alien and Sedition Acts were widely unpopular and vehemently opposed by the American public.
    • The French Revolution (1789–1799) initiated a crisis in the European world and proved a challenge for early American foreign policy.
  • Sunset Laws

    • Most laws do not have sunset clauses and therefore remain in force indefinitely.
    • The Sedition Act of 1798 was a political tool used by John Adams and the Federalist Party to suppress opposition that contained a sunset provision.
    • The Patriot Act is a sunset law on wiretapping for terrorism cases, wiretapping for computer fraud and abuse, sharing of wiretap and foreign intelligence information, warranted seizure of voicemail messages, computer trespasser communications, nationwide service or warrants for electronic evidence, and privacy violation of civil liability.
    • The Byrd rule was adopted in 1985 and amended in 1990 to modify the Budget Act and is contained in section 313.
    • John Adams and his Federalist Party used a sunset provision in the Sedition Act of 1798 to ensure that the Sedition Act would cease once Adams was out of office.
  • Decline of the Tang Dynasty

    • After the difficult suppression of the An Lushan Rebellion, the jiedushi increased their powers and accelerated the disintegration of the Tang dynasty.
    • The rebellion and subsequent disorder resulted in a huge loss of life and large-scale destruction.
    • In addition to natural calamities and jiedushi amassing autonomous control, the Huang Chao Rebellion (874–884) resulted in the sacking of both Chang'an and Luoyang, and took an entire decade to suppress.
    • Although the rebellion was defeated by the Tang, it never recovered from that crucial blow, weakening it for the future military powers to take over.
    • Describe the reasons for the eventual fall of the Tang Dynasty
  • The Election of 1800 and the Federalist Legacy

    • Vice President Jefferson led a newly galvanized Democratic-Republican Party that was outraged over what it saw as Federalist abuses and enlargements of executive authority, especially in the form of the Alien and Sedition Acts.
    • Democratic-Republicans promoted the vision of a decentralized economy that favored yeoman agriculture, minimal and simple federal government, and maximum freedom of mobility and opportunity for white men.
    • Many factors led to the defeat of the Federalists, including better organization by the Democratic-Republicans, internal fighting between Adams and Hamilton supporters, and the controversy of the Alien and Sedition Acts.
    • So in order for Jefferson to be elected president and for Burr to be elected vice president, one of the Democratic-Republican electors in the Electoral College would have to abstain.
    • The assumption of state debts by the federal government, the enactment of protective tariffs to protect domestic manufactures, and the successful suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania proved the strength of the new federal government.
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