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Hello, and thanks for joining Revolution 250, where we look at events that took place 250 years ago this week.

This is from the American Revolution podcast, just a short bonus episode to remind you about these important anniversaries from the Revolutionary War.

This week, we remember the Proclamation of Rebellion, which was released on August 23, 1775.

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One of the big issues for officials in London was the delay in receiving news from America.

It wasn't until late summer that news of the Battle of Bunker Hill arrived.

Officials also received the Continental Congress's Olive Branch petition.

Leaders in Philadelphia had hoped that British officials might fear that things were getting

out of control in the colonies and that they'd be willing to sit down and work out a political

compromise. Instead, officials in London went in a different direction. They believed they had gotten

into this mess by being too soft with the colonies, and that the colonies needed a lesson in who is

the boss in this relationship. The king issued a declaration of rebellion,

calling on his government to crush this behavior through military force. So here is the full

declaration released on August 23, 1775. Whereas many of our subjects in diverse parts of our colonies and plantations in North America,

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