Following organized opposition to the Stamp Act of 1765 England’s parliament repealed the act but immediately enacted the Declaratory Act, which
a. created a democracy in England and abolished the monarchy.
b. recognized the sovereignty and self-government of the American colonies.
c. formed the colonies into a free nation.
d. declared that the Parliament was now fully subordinate to the king.
e. asserted that the king and Parliament had “full power and authority” to enact laws binding on the colonies “in all cases whatsoever.”
ANS: E
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