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The American Colonies Act 1766 (6 Geo. 3. c. 12), commonly known as the Declaratory Act, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the amendment of the Sugar Act. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act because boycotts were hurting British trade and used the declaration to justify the repeal ...
Objectionable policies listed in the Declaration include taxation without representation, extended use of vice admiralty courts, the several Coercive Acts, and the Declaratory Act. The Declaration describes how the colonists had, for ten years, repeatedly petitioned for the redress of their grievances, only to have their pleas ignored or rejected.
The British government argued that Parliament's authority to legislate for the colonies was unlimited. This was stated explicitly in the Declaratory Act 1766. [12] The British also argued that the colonists, while not actually represented in Parliament, were nonetheless virtually represented. [14]
On March 18, 1766, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, but it also passed the Declaratory Act—which reasserted that Parliament had authority and control in the American colonies. [ 10 ] In 1767, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts which added different types of taxes which were used to fund colonial governors and judges. [ 3 ]
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An Act for obviating Doubts which have arisen with respect to so much of an Act made in the First Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, [a] intituled, "An Act to amend an Act passed in the Eighteenth Year of the Reign of King George the Second, [b] concerning the Qualification of Justices of the Peace; and for other Purposes therein ...
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