The British defeat in the subsequent American War of Independence prompted a more concilatory tone towards Ireland, and the 1719 Declaratory Act was repealed in its entirety by the Repeal of Act for Securing Dependence of Ireland Act 1782.
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The Parliament attempted a series of taxes and punishments which met more and more resistance : First Quartering Act ( 1765 ); Declaratory Act ( 1766 ); Townshend Revenue Act ( 1767 ); and Tea Act ( 1773 ).
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In other words, the Declaratory Act of 1766 asserted that Parliament had the absolute power to make laws and changes to the colonial government, " in all cases whatsoever ", even though the colonists were not represented in the Parliament.
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The "'Declaratory Act "'affirmed that the Kingdom of Ireland had always been " distinct " from that of England, and that no Act of the English Parliament was binding on Ireland unless ratified by the Irish Parliament.
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The British Parliament responded by passing the Declaratory Act of 1719, removing the Irish House of Lords'right to hear judicial appeals : this inflamed the public mood of anger and bitterness even further, and Pocklington and his colleagues were viciously insulted.
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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 ".
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Having support from the Irish parliament and the British government . " Wanting the fullest constitutional agreement on the new status of Ireland, Grattan also sought and obtained a further Declaratory Act from the Parliament of Great Britain that was passed on 22 January 1783, which included this formula:
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In 1985 the Queensland Government attempted to terminate the proceedings by enacting the Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act 1985, which declared that on annexation of the islands in 1879, title to the islands was vested in the state of Queensland " freed from all other rights, interests and claims whatsoever ".
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These economic issues prompted the British Parliament to repeal the Stamp Act, but it passed the Declaratory Act the same day, to express its opinion on the basic constitutional issues raised by the colonists; it stated that Parliament could make laws binding the American colonies " in all cases whatsoever ."
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A dispute with the Church of Ireland Bishop of Derry over fishing rights was appealed from the Irish House of Lords to the English House of Lords, in a controversial move later sanctioned by the Declaratory Act of 1719 . A private act of the Parliament of Ireland was also passed in 1704 to resolve the dispute.
