The Declaratory Act was passed on the same day the Stamp Act was repealed. The purpose behind this move was to:
A) clarify that Parliament was yielding to not to the colonists' demands, but to the king's.
B) raise revenue with new, external duties on the goods that the colonists imported from Britain.
C) grant the East India Company the monopoly on the sale of tea in North America.
D) reinforce the tradition of salutary neglect between the Crown and the colonies.
E) loosen the Crown's control over North American colonies and grant them more independence.
A
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