The actual purpose of the Declaratory Act of 1766 was to save UK from embarrassment, and to abolish the Stamp Act and lessen the impact of Sugar Act without admitting that they UK was wrong to introduce them in the first place: the Declaratory Act was phrased only as to declare anew the right of the Crown over the colonies.
One advantage of the "<span>gold standard"</span> was that the government could only issue currency if it had gold in the treasury to back it.
popular rejection of state religion
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