HSRP-667
The Congress of 1775 charged Parliament with an "inordinate passion" for unjustifiable power, with despair of any contest decided by "truth, law, or right", and with a purpose of "enslaving these Colonies", and listed the extension of admiralty jurisdiction and the loss of jury trial among its statutes
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1. Header
2. The claim, in full
The Congress of 1775 charged Parliament with an "inordinate passion" for unjustifiable power, with despair of any contest decided by "truth, law, or right", and with a purpose of "enslaving these Colonies", and listed the extension of admiralty jurisdiction and the loss of jury trial among its statutes
Cited on: /sovereign-citizens. Entered 2026-10-18 by the SOVEREIGN CITIZENS block, tag NEW-SC54 (brief item AH54). THE PAGE'S OWN GRADE LINE READS: "ESTABLISHED as history". The "inordinate passion" sentence charges "The legislature of Great Britain", not the admiralty courts, on all three hosts read (Avalon arms.asp, Avalon Journals page, Founders Online). Wording follows the Journals (Ford ed., 1905); arms.asp (Tansill, 1927) prints "desparate" and "Great-Britain".
3. What it rests on
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Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms (6 July 1775): "The legislature of Great Britain, however, stimulated by an inordinate passion for a power, not only unjustifiable, but which they know to be peculiarly reprobated by the very constitution of that kingdom, and desperate of success in any mode of contest, where regard should be had to truth, law, or right, have at length, deserting those, attempted to effect their cruel and impolitic purpose of enslaving these Colonies by violence, and have thereby rendered it necessary for us to close with their last appeal from Reason to Arms." [SRC-227]
Sources: SRC-227 -
Same: "statutes have been passed for extending the jurisdiction of courts of Admiralty and Vice-Admiralty beyond their ancient limits; for depriving us of the accustomed and inestimable privilege of trial by jury, in cases affecting both life and property;" [SRC-227]
Sources: SRC-227 -
Declaratory Act, 1766: "to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever" [SRC-1247]
Sources: SRC-1247
No confidence intervals are recorded for any figure in this block.
4. Sources
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SRC-1247 · PRIORITY · An act for the better securing the dependency of his majesty's dominions in America upon the crown and parliament of Great Britain (the Declaratory Act), 6 Geo. III, c. 12 — Parliament of Great Britain (1766)
Pinpoint: not recorded · Access: Access status not recordedEntered 2026-10-18 by the SOVEREIGN CITIZENS block, from source entry S149. CITATION as the block gives it (S149): Great Britain, Parliament, An act for the better securing the dependency of his majesty's dominions in America upon the crown and parliament of Great Britain (the Declaratory Act), 6 Geo. III, c. 12 (18 March 1766), s. I. READ AT: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/declaratory_act_1766.asp SCOPE PAGE + H; PRIMARY. The chapter number is confirmed in an editorial note in the Franklin Papers (Founders Online). Avalon's typo "had. bath" falls outside the quoted words.
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SRC-227 · PRIORITY · Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms — Continental Congress (Jefferson & Dickinson) (1775)
Pinpoint: not recorded · Access: Access status not recordedSOVEREIGN CITIZENS block, 2026-10-18: S148 cites this record. PINPOINT: the 1775 charge against Parliament, "desperate of success in any mode of contest, where regard should be had to truth, law, or right". NOTE ON THE TITLE: this record already carries the CORRECT title, "Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms" - which is what /united-states gets wrong in three places, corrected by this block's AE04 and AE14.
5. Counter-evidence
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The charge was the Congress's; Parliament held its power lawful under the Declaratory Act.
Source: none linked in the register
6. Why this grade
ESTABLISHED as history
The register defines ESTABLISHED as: Supported directly by primary texts or published findings.
7. Correction history
No correction events are recorded. The entry's status is ACTIVE: no later entry amends, supersedes or withdraws it.
8. Related observations
No related observations are linked in the register.
9. Where this appears on the site
Content pages that cite this observation inline:
- Sovereign Citizens“The Congress of 1775 charged Parliament with an "inordinate passion" for unjustifiable power, with despair of any contest decided by "truth, law, or right", and with a purpose of "enslaving these Colonies", and listed the extension of admiralty jurisdiction and the loss of jury trial among its statutes — ESTABLISHED as history”
- United States“The Congress of 1775 charged Parliament with an "inordinate passion" for unjustifiable power, with despair of any contest decided by "truth, law, or right", and with a purpose of "enslaving these Colonies", and listed the extension of admiralty jurisdiction and the loss of jury trial among its statutes — ESTABLISHED as history”
Pages citing a source this observation rests on: /sovereign-citizens, /united-states.
10. Open questions
Not yet recorded for this observation.
11. Machine block
The register record this page was generated from, with the derived fields added:
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"note": "Cited on: /sovereign-citizens. Entered 2026-10-18 by the SOVEREIGN CITIZENS block, tag NEW-SC54 (brief item AH54). THE PAGE'S OWN GRADE LINE READS: \"ESTABLISHED as history\". The \"inordinate passion\" sentence charges \"The legislature of Great Britain\", not the admiralty courts, on all three hosts read (Avalon arms.asp, Avalon Journals page, Founders Online). Wording follows the Journals (Ford ed., 1905); arms.asp (Tansill, 1927) prints \"desparate\" and \"Great-Britain\".",
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