Declaratory Act 1766

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The Declaratory Act of 1766 was a British law asserting Parliament’s full authority to make binding laws for the American colonies “in all cases whatsoever,” passed alongside the repeal of the Stamp Act and heightening colonial tensions that led toward the American Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
British statute ⓘ
appliesTo British colonies in America ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
assertedPower Parliamentary sovereignty over the American colonies ⓘ
power to legislate for the colonies without their consent ⓘ
right of Parliament to make laws for the colonies in all cases whatsoever ⓘ
category 1766 in Great Britain ⓘ
1766 in law ⓘ
Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain concerning the American colonies ⓘ
causeOf escalation of the imperial crisis ⓘ
increased distrust of Parliament in the colonies ⓘ
colonialReaction condemnation by many colonial leaders ⓘ
viewed as threat to colonial self-government ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateEnacted 1766-03-18 ⓘ
effect heightened tensions between Britain and the American colonies ⓘ
provoked colonial fears of unlimited parliamentary power ⓘ
reaffirmed British authority after repeal of the Stamp Act ⓘ
followedBy Townshend Acts ⓘ
fullTitle An Act for the better securing the dependency of his Majesty’s dominions in America upon the Crown and Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
historicalContext after widespread colonial protests against the Stamp Act ⓘ
historicalPeriod run-up to the American Revolution ⓘ
influenced colonial arguments about rights of Englishmen ⓘ
development of American revolutionary ideology ⓘ
inspiredOppositionFrom American colonists ⓘ
colonial assemblies ⓘ
jurisdiction British America ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalClaim denial of colonial claims that only their own assemblies could tax them ⓘ
full power and authority to make laws and statutes to bind the colonies and people of America ⓘ
legalStatus repealed in the United States after independence ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
partOf British imperial policy toward the American colonies ⓘ
passedAlongside repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 ⓘ
politicalDoctrine parliamentary supremacy ⓘ
virtual representation ⓘ
reignOf George III ⓘ
relatedConcept British constitutional law ⓘ
no taxation without representation ⓘ
relatedEvent American Revolution ⓘ
relatedTo Stamp Act 1765 ⓘ
shortTitle Declaratory Act ⓘ
subjectMatter constitutional relationship between Britain and the colonies ⓘ
imperial governance ⓘ
taxation and representation ⓘ
yearEnacted 1766 ⓘ

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Stamp Act 1765 → relatedTo → Declaratory Act 1766 ⓘ
Stamp Act Congress → followedBy → Declaratory Act ⓘ
linked to: Declaratory Act 1766
Declaratory Act 1766 → fullTitle → An Act for the better securing the dependency of his Majesty’s dominions in America upon the Crown and Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
linked to: Declaratory Act 1766
Declaratory Act 1766 → shortTitle → Declaratory Act ⓘ
linked to: Declaratory Act 1766
Revenue Act 1766 → relatedTo → Declaratory Act 1766 ⓘ