USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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 The Declaratory Act, passed by Parliament on the same day the Stamp Act was repealed, stated that Parliament could make laws binding the American colonies “in all cases whatsoever."

Detailed explanation-2: -The Townshend Acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. But American colonists, who had no representation in Parliament, saw the Acts as an abuse of power.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Townshend Acts were specifically to pay for the salaries of officials such as governors and judges. The British thought that the colonists would be okay with taxes on imports. They had repealed an earlier tax called the Stamp Act because of colonial protests, but thought that taxes on imports would be okay.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Stamp Act taxed all printed materials. The colonists petitioned the English government with their grievances about the Stamp Act. The Townshend Acts taxed goods imported into the American colonies, and the colonists boycotted some goods taxed by the Townshend Acts.