USA HISTORY

THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774

THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which act said that only Parliament could tax the colonists?
A
The Declaratory Act
B
The Stamp Act
C
The Sugar Act
D
The Townshend Acts
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Declaratory Act of 1766 granted Great Britain’s Parliament the authority to tax the American colonies “in all cases whatsoever.” The main purpose of this act was to assert power to enforce taxes on British colonies in North America.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Amending Act of 1781 was passed by British Parliament on 5th July 1781 to remove the defects of Regulating Act 1773. It is also known as Declaratory Act, 1781.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Declaratory Act, passed by Parliament on the same day the Stamp Act was repealed, stated that Parliament could make laws binding the American colonies “in all cases whatsoever."

Detailed explanation-4: -I, c. 5) was a 1719 Act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain which declared that it had the right to pass laws for the Kingdom of Ireland, and that the British House of Lords had appellate jurisdiction for Irish court cases.

Detailed explanation-5: -Townshend Act Protests The Townshend duties went into effect on November 20, 1767, close on the heels of the Declaratory Act of 1766, which stated that British Parliament had the same authority to tax the American colonies as they did in Great Britain.

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