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mar 18, 1766 - Declaratory Act

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The Declaratory Act proclaimed that Parliament "had hath, and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America ... in all cases whatsoever". The phrasing of the act was intentionally unambiguous.

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mar 18, 1766
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~ 259 years ago