<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" id="mwlA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>: <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom" id="mwlQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George III of the United Kingdom">King George III</a> delivers his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_of_Rebellion" id="mwlg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Proclamation of Rebellion">Proclamation of Rebellion</a> to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_St_James's" id="mwlw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Court of St James's">Court of St James's</a> stating that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies" id="mwmA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thirteen Colonies">American colonies</a> have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.