Taxation of Colonies Act 1778

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The Taxation of Colonies Act 1778 (18 Geo. III, c.12) was a law passed which declared that Parliament would not impose any duty, tax, or assessment for the raising of revenue in any of the colonies.

The Tea Act of 1773 and the related Townshend Acts had been one of the causes of the American Revolution. This Act noted that these taxes had "been found by experience to occasion great uneasiness and disorders"^[1] and that his Majesty desired "to restore the peace and welfare of all his Majesty's Dominions"^[2].

This Act declared that Parliament would not impose any duty, tax, or assessment for the raising of revenue in any of the colonies. It would only impose such duties as expedient to regulate commerce and the net income from these duties would be given to the colonies.

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• Houston, William, Documents Illustrative of the Canadian Constitution, 1891