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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.
On March 18, 1766, George III approved Parliament's repeal of the Stamp Act and its passage of the Declaratory Act.
The Declaration of Independence Was Also a List of Grievances. The document was designed to prove to the world (especially France) that the colonists were right to defy King George III's rule.
George III (r. 1760-1820) | The Royal Family.
This act was passed to assert the authority of the British government to tax its subjects in North America after it repealed the much-hated Stamp Act.
March 1766: Colonial resistance to the Stamp Act and pressure from London merchants prompt Parliament to abolish the Stamp Act. March 1766: Parliament issues the Declaratory Act, which states that the king and Parliament have full legislative power over the colonies.
The Stamp Act of 1765 was ratified by the British parliament under King George III. It imposed a tax on all papers and official documents in the American colonies, though not in England.
The Declaratory Act, passed by Parliament on the same day the Stamp Act was repealed, stated that Parliament could make laws binding the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever."
March 1766: Colonial resistance to the Stamp Act and pressure from London merchants prompt Parliament to abolish the Stamp Act.
This act was passed to assert the authority of the British government to tax its subjects in North America after it repealed the much-hated Stamp Act.
