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Declaratory Act

American Colonies Act of Great Britain

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ1182068 ↗
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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 Duties in American Colonies Act 1765 (5 Geo. 3. c. 12) and the amendment of the Sugar Act 1763 (4 Geo. 3. c. 15).

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This entry incorporates text from “Declaratory Act” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.