what was the purpose of the British Declaratory Act of 1766?

Answer 1

This might be seen as a bit of a "face saving" measure by Parliament. They passed this act ALONG WITH the repeal of the Stamp Act. The repeal was forced on them by the strong American reaction (including a boycott) against it. But they wished to make clear their assertion that they had AUTHORITY over the colonies, including the right to legislate these sorts of taxes, indeed to legislate"in all cases whatsoever."

(In other words, they were saying something like, 'We'll give in on this particular measure, but we do NOT give up the principle that we had the RIGHT to pass that measure... and we'll feel free to do this sort of thing in the future!')

Answer 2

idk