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Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland. For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland.
List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain, 1725–1729. List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain, 1730–1734. List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain, 1735–1739. List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain, 1740–1744. List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain, 1745–1749.
e. The Townshend Acts (/ ˈtaʊnzənd /) [1] or Townshend Duties were a series of British acts of Parliament passed during 1767 and 1768 introducing a series of taxes and regulations to enable administration of the British colonies in America. They are named after the Chancellor of the Exchequer who proposed the programme.
This is a list of acts of the Parliament of England, which was in existence from the 13th century until 1707. List of acts of the Parliament of England, 1225–1267. List of acts of the Parliament of England, 1275–1307. List of acts of the Parliament of England, 1308–1325. Statutes of uncertain date.
t. e. The Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress (also known as the Declaration of Colonial Rights, or the Declaration of Rights) was a statement adopted by the First Continental Congress on October 14, 1774, in response to the Intolerable Acts passed by the British Parliament. The Declaration outlined colonial objections to ...
The Prohibitory Act was British legislation in late 1775 that cut off all trade between the Thirteen Colonies and England and removed the colonies from the King's protection. [1] In essence, it was a declaration of economic warfare by Britain as punishment to the American colonies for the rebellion against the King and British rule that became ...
Revised text of statute as amended. The Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949[1] are two Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which form part of the constitution of the United Kingdom. Section 2 (2) of the Parliament Act 1949 provides that the two Acts are to be construed as one. The Parliament Act 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5. c.
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates of 12 of the Thirteen Colonies held from September 5 to October 26, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia at the beginning of the American Revolution. The meeting was organized by the delegates after the British Navy implemented a blockade of Boston Harbor and the Parliament of Great ...