Episode 2 of 4
End of direct parliamentary taxation of the colonies
- When
- from 1766 onward
- Where
- Parliament of Great Britain
After the Declaratory Act, Parliament never again directly imposed taxation on its colonies, except the Taxation of Colonies Act 1778 during the American Revolution.
Following the passage of the act, the British Parliament never again attempted directly to impose taxation upon any of its colonies or overseas territories. The sole exception was the Taxation of Colonies Act 1778 (18 Geo. 3. c. 12), passed during the American Revolution.
Sources
- Declaratory Act Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-15
Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.