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Declaratory Act In 1766 In Harris
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Declaratory Act, (1766), declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. It stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. Parliament had directly taxed the colonies for revenue in the Sugar Act (1764) and the Stamp Act (1765).
In response, there was significant discontent in the colonies, leading to protests and other political movements in an attempt to undermine the new taxes. Political cartoon protesting against the Stamp Act. The Thirteen Colonies were in a period of economic turmoil at the time.
On the night of August 26, a mob of artisans, laborers, and sailors dismantled the home of Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hutchinson, plundering valuables while shouting “Liberty and property!” to protest the Stamp Act and taxation without consent.
Declaratory Act. The repeal of the Stamp Act did not mean that Great Britain was surrendering any control over its colonies. The Declaratory Act, passed by Parliament on the same day the Stamp Act was repealed, stated that Parliament could make laws binding the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever."
Reaction. Although many in Parliament felt that taxes were implied in this clause, other members of Parliament and many of the colonists—who were busy celebrating what they saw as their political victory—did not. Other colonists, however, were outraged because the Declaratory Act hinted that more acts would be coming.
The colonists ignored the Declaratory Act for the same reasons they ignored the Stamp Act, which the Declaratory Act helped repeal. They claimed their colonial assemblies were the only government bodies with the right to impose taxation and make laws.
The opinionated writers of colonial newspapers expressed their fear that the powers Parliament assumed in the Declaratory Act were detrimental to the ancient Constitution. One of the strongest fears about the Act was that it declared Parliament supreme, while the realm of its supremacy had no foreseeable end.
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This act was passed to assert the authority of the British government to tax its subjects in North America after it repealed the much-hated Stamp Act. An act for the better securing the dependency of his majesty's dominions in America upon the crown and parliament of Great Britain.The Declaratory Act of 1766 declared that the British Parliament had the absolute right to tax colonies in North America. The purpose of the Declaratory Act of 1766 was to affirm that Great Britain had complete authority to tax its American colonies. British Parliament ultimately voted 276-168 to repeal the Stamp Act on March 18, 1766. The repeal of the Stamp Act did not mean that Great Britain was surrendering any control over its colonies. Circular. St. James's March 1st. 1766. After the repeal of the Stamp Act many colonists ignore the Declaratory Act, feeling the crisis is over and things can now go back to normal. On March 18, 1766, George III approved Parliament's repeal of the Stamp Act and its passage of the Declaratory Act. The repeal of the Stamp Act did not mean that Great Britain was surrendering any control over its colonies.