- The Rockingham Declaration stated that the British Parliament’s authority was the same in America as in Britain and asserted Parliament’s authority to pass laws that were binding on the American Colonies.
TOWNSHEND DUTIES, 1767:
Purpose of the Act was:
- To increase revenue in the colonies in order to pay the salaries of governors and judges. This was to ensure their loyalty to Great Britain.
- To create a more effective means of enforcing compliance with trade regulations.
- To punish the province of New York for failing to comply with the Quartering Act of 1765.
- To establish the precedent that the British Parliament has the right to tax the colonies.