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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).
The Declaratory Act made clear that it had "full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever." In addition, the act stated that "all resolutions, votes, orders, and proceedings" ...
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.
In the colonies, leaders had been glad when the Stamp Act was repealed, but the Declaratory Act was a new threat to their independence. It was 1766, and to most colonists, the ability of England to tax the colonies without giving them representation in Parliament was seen as disgraceful.
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.
Declaratory Act Dates Royal assent 18 March 1766 Commencement 18 March 1766 Repealed 31 July 1964 Other legislation10 more rows
Following the passage of the Act, the British Parliament never again attempted directly to impose taxation upon any of its colonies, or overseas territories, except for the Taxation of Colonies Act 1778 which was passed during the American Revolution.
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.
Declaratory Act Dates Royal assent 18 March 1766 Commencement 18 March 1766 Repealed 31 July 1964 Other legislation10 more rows
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."
