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2. Taxation of Colonies Act 1778 - Wikipedia

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   The Taxation of Colonies Act 1778 (18 Geo. 3. c. c. 12) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that declared Parliament would not impose any duty, tax, or assessment for the raising of revenue in any of the colonies of British America or the British West Indies .

3. List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1778

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   An Act for appointing Commissioners to put in Execution an Act of this Session of Parliament, intituled, "An Act for granting an Aid to His Majesty by a Land Tax to be raised in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight," [l] together with those named in Two former Acts, for appointing Commissioners ...

4. Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes in the ...

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   The Stamp Act of 1765 required various printed materials in the colonies to use stamped paper produced in London, and was effectively a tax on the colonies. [3] The direct imposition of a tax on the colonies by Parliament was controversial, due to the common English belief that the people could only be taxed by their own representatives.

5. List of tariffs in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   1764: Sugar Act [1] 1765: Customs, etc. Act 1765; 1767: Townshend Acts [2] 1778: Taxation of Colonies Act 1778; 1815: Corn Laws [3] 1860: Cobden–Chevalier Treaty; 1931: Abnormal Importations (Customs Duties) Act 1931; 1931: Horticultural Products (Emergency Customs Duties) Act 1931; 1932: Import Duties Act 1932 [3]

6. Petition to the King - Wikipedia

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   Because the war had plunged the British government deep into debt, Parliament enacted a series of measures to increase tax revenue from the colonies. These acts, such as the Stamp Act of 1765 and the Townshend Acts of 1767, were seen as legitimate means of collecting revenues to pay off the nearly two-fold increase in British debt stemming from ...

7. Conciliatory Resolution - Wikipedia

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   Response of the Continental Congress to the Conciliatory Resolution, published in a New England newspaper in 1775. The Conciliatory Resolution was a resolution proposed by Lord North and passed by the British Parliament in February 1775, in an attempt to reach a peaceful settlement with the Thirteen Colonies about two months prior to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. [1]

8. Colonial charters in the Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia

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   A charter is a document that gives colonies the legal rights to exist. Charters can bestow certain rights on a town, city, university, or other institution. Colonial charters were approved when the king gave a grant of exclusive powers for the governance of land to proprietors or a settlement company.

9. Declaratory Act - Wikipedia

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   The American Colonies Act 1766 (6 Geo. 3. c. 12), commonly known as the Declaratory Act, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the amendment of the Sugar Act. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act because boycotts were hurting British trade and used the declaration to justify the repeal ...