The Taxation of Colonies Act 1778 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain that declared Parliament would not impose any duty, tax, or assessment...

eruption of the American War of Independence in April 1775. Parliament passed the Taxation of Colonies Act 1778, which repealed a number of taxes (including...

except for the Taxation of Colonies Act 1778 which was passed during the American Revolution. Even after the recognition of the independence of the United...

refusal of parliamentarian John Hampden to pay ship money tax. In the context of British taxation of its American colonies, the slogan "No taxation without...

response to the failure of the Stamp Act 1765, which had provided the first form of direct taxation placed upon the colonies. However, the import duties...

imperial officers. The tax on tea was repealed with the Taxation of Colonies Act 1778, part of another Parliamentary attempt at conciliation that failed...

This is a list of British tariffs. 1764: Sugar Act 1765: Customs, etc. Act 1765 1767: Townshend Acts 1778: Taxation of Colonies Act 1778 1815: Corn Laws...

Hill at the outset of the American Revolution. Issued on 23 August 1775, it declared elements of the American colonies in a state of "open and avowed rebellion"...

honest and well-meaning, but uninformed people in these colonies, have, by the art and address of ministerial agents, been deceived and drawn into erroneous...

exercised by The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (Colonies) Order 1976 (SI 1976/54) The Statute Law Repeals (Isle of Man) Order 1984 (SI 1984/1692). The Orders...

attempted to raise money by direct taxation on the colonies for the first time. The act required that all sorts of printed material carry a stamp (purchased...

the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. It played a major role in most colonies in battling the Stamp Act in 1765 and...

mercantile purpose of the act was to make England the staple for all European products bound for the colonies, and to prevent the colonies from establishing...

The United Colonies was the official name as used by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia for the newly formed nation comprising the Thirteen...

complete list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the year 1778. For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and...

together and allowed the colonies to have some say over their own affairs, including the inflammatory issue of taxation. Galloway's Plan of Union was narrowly...

Revolutionary War of 1775–1783 began in 1776 when the Kingdom of France secretly shipped supplies to the Continental Army of the Thirteen Colonies when it was...

prisoner. The prospect of foreign German soldiers being used in the colonies bolstered support for independence, more so than taxation and other acts combined;...

control of the colonies' western lands over to the British officials in Montreal. Representatives from several colonies convened the Stamp Act Congress;...

permanent colonies in the North. The first of the permanent English colonies in the Americas was established in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607. Colonies were...

players, life as British colonists, the Stamp Act, The Declaratory Act, the Boston Massacre, taxation without representation, The Boston Tea Party "Blows...

"Taxation through the Looking Glass: The Mirror Theory and the Income Tax System of the U.S. Virgin Islands before and after the Tax Reform Act of 1986"...

Timeline of the American Revolution—timeline of the political upheaval culminating in the 18th century in which Thirteen Colonies in North America joined...

bills of credit in his most famous work, The Wealth of Nations. Another Currency Act, in 1764, extended the restrictions to the colonies south of New England...

The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 states of the United States, formerly the Thirteen Colonies, that served...

18, 1778) Clow Rebellion (April 14, 1778 – April 17, 1778) Battle of Crooked Billet (May 1, 1778) Battle of Barren Hill (May 20, 1778) Battle of Monmouth...

the advice of the Secretary of State for the Colonies. This became the main method of creating and governing colonies. Most Crown colonies, especially...

many laws and taxes, such as the Sugar Act, the Intolerable Acts, Taxation without representation, and the Stamp Act. Many colonists were angry as they were...

lasted six months, from December 19, 1777, to June 19, 1778. It was the third and harshest of the eight winter encampments that Washington and the Continental...

Trade between the colonies and Britain subsequently fell sharply. The British soon responded with the New England Restraining Act which escalated their...