Declaratory+Acts

=__The Declaratory Act__=

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The Declaratory Act did not tax any thing or have specific effect. It was a statement of power towards the colonies. At the same time the parliment repealed the stamp act they passed the Declaratory Act. By passing this act, the British were saying that they could do what ever they wanted to do with the colonies.

How it got started
In 1764 the sugar act was passed, and the argument taxation without representation was started. Then in 1765 the Stamp Act was passed, and nearly all of America did not like it and "spoke out to Britain and the parliment". Then the Sons of Liberty sarted and taunted and harassed the stamp masters. So the parliment repealed the Stamp Act and passed the Declaratory Act so the colonists wouldn't think that if they did not like something they could just boycott it or rebel against it and the parliment would repeal it.

Sugar Act
The Sugar Act is an act that was passed by the parliment in 1764. The Sugar act taxed coffee, sugar and any other product with sugar in it. The colonists disliked the sugar act. This lead to the declaralory act because the colonists began to realize that they were being taxed without a representative in the parliment,and started to rebel and write essays about how Britain has hurt the colonies and that they should rebel.

Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by parliment in March 1765. This tax measuser taxed the use of all printed things from dimlomas and newspapers to marrage licenses and playing cards. Stamps and or speceial stamped paper had to be bought and attached before they could be sold. Like in the 2nd paragraph, almost all of America disliked it and " spoke out to the parliment and Britian". The Sons of Liberty believed in action rather than talk. So they broke into the stamp master's house and broke his windows and made off with many valubles. The colonists started to boycott all English products, and so the parliment repealed the Stamp act. This relates to the Declaratory act because right after they repealed the Stamp act they passed the Declaratory act.

Declaratory act
The Declaratory act was passed on March ,18 1766. The parliment did claim that the colonies were represented they said," Every member in the parliment was representing every person in the empire". Parliment members did not think that the colonists' arguments were sincere. They also did not want the repealing of the Stamp act look like a surrender, so they passed the Declaratory act. The Declaratory act did not tax any thing it was just a statement of power. The parliment and the English leaders passed a statement of power that told the colonies that Britian can do whatever they want to with the colonies.

The End
There really is not an end to the act untill the Revoloutionary War is over. Anyway, the colonists were so happy to know that the Stamp act has been repealed that they completly ignored the threat the Declaratory act contained. The Declaratory act was not thought out very well. It was untrue and unwise-untrue because the colonies were in fact no longer completly "subordinate" and unwise because by claiming that the colonies were subordinate, it was sure to encourage them to prove that they were not (this sentence is from __The Story of America__ by John A. Garraty).