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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 Parliament repealed the Stamp Act because boycotts were hurting British trade and used the declaration to justify the repeal ...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]
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 ...
On March 18, 1766, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, but it also passed the Declaratory Act—which reasserted that Parliament had authority and control in the American colonies.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 ]
Parliament agreed and repealed the tax on February 21, 1766, but they insisted in the Declaratory Act of March 1766 that they retained full power to make laws for the colonies "in all cases whatsoever". [44] [45] The repeal nonetheless caused widespread celebrations in the colonies.
The Stamp Act 1765 was repealed in March 1766 due to pressure from British exporters who were losing business. However, the British Parliament went on to pass several other unpopular acts: The Declaratory Act reinforced the Parliament's strong position regarding taxing the Thirteen Colonies.
The Stamp Act faced opposition from American colonists, who initiated a movement to boycott British goods, from British merchants affected by the boycott, and from some Whig politicians in Parliament—notably William Pitt. [1]: 111–121 In 1766, under the leadership of a new ministry, Parliament repealed the