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Although many in Parliament felt that taxes were implied in this clause, other members of Parliament and many of the colonists — who were busy celebrating what they saw as their political victory — did not.

Other colonists, however, were outraged because the Declaratory Act hinted that more acts would be coming.

This Declaratory Act was copied almost word for word from the Irish Declaratory Act, an Act which had placed Ireland in a position of bondage to the crown, implying that the same fate would come to The Thirteen Colonies.

However, the colonists never explicitly called for its repeal, and would seek reconciliation with the crown up until the last minute.