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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 Parliament repealed the Stamp Act because boycotts were hurting British trade and used the declaration to justify the repeal ...
An Act to repeal an Act, made in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, "An Act for granting and applying certain Stamp Duties, and other Duties, in the British Colonies and Plantations in America, towards further defraying the Expenses of defending, protecting, and securing, the same;" and for amending such Parts of the several Acts of ...
The Declaration describes what colonists viewed as the effort of the British Parliament to extend its jurisdiction into the colonies following the Seven Years' War. Objectionable policies listed in the Declaration include taxation without representation, extended use of vice admiralty courts, the several Coercive Acts, and the Declaratory Act ...
February – American Revolution: Parliament repeals the Stamp Act which is very unpopular in the British colonies. [2] The persuasion of Benjamin Franklin is considered partly responsible. 18 March – the Declaratory Act asserts the right of Britain to make laws binding in the colonies. [2]
On March 18, 1766, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, but it also passed the Declaratory Act—which reasserted that Parliament had authority and control in the American colonies.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]
Other laws regulated colonial industries, such as the Wool Act of 1699, the Hat Act of 1732, and the Iron Act of 1750. [18] [19] Colonial reactions to these policies were mixed. The Molasses Act of 1733 placed a duty of six pence per gallon upon foreign molasses imported into the colonies. This act was particularly egregious to the New England ...
Rockingham wished for repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and won a Commons vote on the repeal resolution by 275 to 167 in 1766. [3]: 113 However Rockingham also passed the Declaratory Act, which asserted that the British Parliament had the right to legislate for the American colonies in all cases whatsoever.
The Leedstown Resolutions, February 27, 1766: . Roused by danger and alarmed at attempts, foreign and domestic, to reduce the people of this country to a state of abject and detestable slavery by destroying that free and happy condition of government under which they have hitherto lived, We, who subscribe this paper, have associated and do bind ourselves to each other, to God, and to our ...