Please hel please answer all the questions “…I do require every person capable of bearing arms to resort to his Majesty’s STANDARD, or be looked upon as Traitors to his Majesty’s Crown and Government, and thereby become liable to the Penalty the Law inflicts upon such Offences, such as Forfeitures of Life, Confiscation of Lands, &c. &c. And I do hereby further declare all Indentured Servants, Negroes, or others (appertaining to Rebels) free, that are able and willing to bear Arms, they joining his Majesty’s Troops, as soon as may be, for the more speedily reducing this Colony to a proper Sense of their Duty, to his Majesty’s Crown and Dignity. …”

1. What is Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation promising to indentured servants and enslaved people?

2. Why do you think Britain issued this Proclamation? What purpose(s) did it serve?

3. How do you think General George Washington reacted to the Proclamation?