Declaratory Act

The Declaratory Act made no such distinction. The reaction of the colonies to the repeal of the Stamp Act was to celebrate their victory. William Pitt was praised as a deliverer. Statues of him were placed in the streets and pictures of him were hung in public halls.

The Declaratory Act was simply a proclamation that reinforced parliament’s law-making power over the American colonies. It was designed to clarify the relationship between Britain and America, passed really for the benefit of the Americans themselves, who seemed to have forgotten their place.

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).

Declaratory Act. The Declaratory Act, passed by Parliament on the same day the Stamp Act was repealed, stated that Parliament could make laws binding the American colonies “in all cases whatsoever.”

What was the purpose of the Declaratory Act? to show the american colonists that the british parliament had a right to tax them, and that they are stronger than them. It was to assert to the colonists that they have authority to make laws, and it was a reaction to the failure of the stamp act.

British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to help replenish their finances after the costly Seven Years’ War with France. Part of the revenue from the Stamp Act would be used to maintain several regiments of British soldiers in North America to maintain peace between Native Americans and the colonists.

Adverse colonial reaction to the Stamp Act ranged from boycotts of British goods to riots and attacks on the tax collectors.