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US was not converted into a corporation in 1871

“the United States biggest secret. To do that I'll need to show you a bit of the matrix. The United States was founded in 1776 as a constitutional republic. Sovereign land free from tyranny and free from taxation. To speed up the story a bit somewhere along the lines the United States went bankrupt. So in 1871 the United States was converted into a corporation. Or the United States Corporation. With this came a 00:31 chain from our traditional system of constitutional law to maritime admiralty law. So constitutional law is essentially the law of the land. Whereas the maritime admiralty system is the law of the sea. So the United States as you know it, your parents know it, your grandparents, etcetera, has been operating under a legal con. Essentially a corporation is set up to seek dominion which is kind of a weird coincidence when you consider the names of the voting machines from this year's election. The corporation exists as an antagonist to the sovereignty”
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Confidence: High Checked on March 10, 2026

Summary

The 1871 legislation did not turn the United States government into a corporation, nor replace constitutional law with maritime admiralty law. The Acts of 1871 addressed Reconstruction and the governance of the District of Columbia, and the United States remains a sovereign constitutional republic. Conspiracy sources claim otherwise, but fact‑checkers confirm the claim is untrue.

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  • Historical Documents - Office of the Historian

    The high contracting parties agree that all claims on the part of corporations, companies, or private individuals, citizens of the United States, upon the government of Her Britannic Majesty, arising out of acts committed against the persons or property of citizens of the United States during the period between the thirteenth of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and the ninth of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, inclusive, not being claims growing out of the acts of the vessels referred to in Article I of this treaty, and all claims, with the like exception, on the part of corporati

congress.gov
legislature.mi.gov
  • ST. GEORGE'S SOCIETIES Act 134 of 1871

    certified copy of the record of such articles of association under the seal of the corporation and securities bureau of · the department of commerce, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts in this state, of the existence and ... History: 1871, Act 134, Imd.

  • ST. GEORGE'S SOCIETIES Act 134 of 1871

    evidence in all courts in this state, of the existence and due incorporation of such corporation. History: 1871, Act 134, Imd. Eff. Apr. 15, 1871;CL 1871, 3248;How.

politifact.com
books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de
  • Deutschland und die USA 1871–2021 | heiBOOKS

    Deutschland und die USA 1871–2021 ist die erste Gesamtdarstellung zu 150 Jahren transatlantischer Beziehungen zwischen dem 1871 gegründeten deutschen Nationalstaat und den USA. Das Buch ist eine Sammlung von Aufsätzen, Artikeln und Vorträgen, die der Autor zum 19.

de.wikipedia.org
  • Geschichte der Vereinigten Staaten – Wikipedia

    Die Geschichte der Vereinigten Staaten reicht von der Gründung der ersten Britischen Kolonien an der Ostküste Nordamerikas im 17. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart, in der die USA die führende Weltmacht darstellen. Die Kolonien erklärten 1776 ihre Unabhängigkeit vom Königreich Großbritannien.

  • Konföderierte Staaten von Amerika – Wikipedia

    Die Konföderierten Staaten von ... ein Bundesstaat, der 1861 durch Abspaltung von elf der südlichen Gliedstaaten der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika (USA, damals auch Union genannt) entstand....

wattpad.com
  • Conspiracy Theories✔️ - United States Corporation - Wattpad

    Enjoy✖️ if you want to hear someone talk about conspiracy theories that everyone is using in their books, go check out https://www.youtube.com/user/shane "The new conspiracy theory is that I'm a woman and... ... Shortly after the American Civil War, as the states were rebuilding, a 2nd United States was formed. The District of Columbia became incorporated by Legislative Act in 1871 under the Emergency War Powers Act and the Reconstruction Acts. The name of this corporation is "UNITED STATES" which stands in distinction to the original United States of America.

conspiracydailyupdate.com
listverse.com
  • 10 Outlandish Conspiracy Theories About The USA - Listverse

    UNITED STATES is a Corporation – There are Two Constitutions – Sovereignty · A belief held by right-wing conspiracy theorists posits that Congress split the United States in two when it passed the District of Columbia Organic Act in 1871.

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