Statement of Colonists' Continued Loyalty to the King and Opposition to Parliament and Ministry

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Description

On August 23, 1775, four months after the Revolutionary War had begun, King George issued a proclamation in which he declared the American colonies to be in a state of open rebellion. Congress responded by publishing this broadside, which stated that while the colonies had always been loyal to the King, Parliament had no legitimate claim to authority because of the colonies’ lack of representation in Parliament.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention.

National Archives Identifier: 466159068

Full Citation: Broadside of Declaration by the Continental Congress in Response to the King’s Proclamation Regarding Allegiance to Great Britain; 12/6/1775; Oversize Broadsides: 67: November 12, 1775, Articles of Capitulation; 74: December 6, 1775, Colonists’ Continued Loyalty to the King and 157: April 1, 1777, Pay of the Army; Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789; Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, Record Group 360; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/broadside-declaration-continental-congress-response-kings-proclamation/, January 10, 2026]

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