“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
On this date in 1775, King George III declared that the American colonists were in “open and avowed rebellion.” After learning about the Battle of Bunker Hill, King George issued A Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition on Aug. 23, 1775. Ten...