Declaratory Act
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“Contrary to the fundamental laws of nature”? The passage of the Declaratory Act, March 1766
250 years ago this week Parliament passed the ‘Declaratory Act’, aimed at limiting the damage of the earlier repeal of…
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‘Very grievous and unconstitutional’? The repeal of the (American) Stamp Act (1766)
250 years ago this month Parliament was debating the fate of the Stamp Act – the law which proved dangerously…