The complaining party, is the plaintiff, and the alleged wrongdoer is the defendant. The basic procedures for starting an action are explained in this pamphlet.This act was passed to assert the authority of the British government to tax its subjects in North America after it repealed the much-hated Stamp Act. Fill out the papers -All papers must be neatly printed or typed, double spaced, using black ink, on one side of 8½ x 11 inch paper. The Declaratory Act of 1766 declared that the British Parliament had the absolute right to tax colonies in North America. The General Form of the Judgment. The American Colonies Act 1766 (6 Geo. 3. c. Parliament had directly taxed the colonies for revenue in the Sugar Act (1764) and the Stamp Act (1765). On March 18, 1766, George III approved Parliament's repeal of the Stamp Act and its passage of the Declaratory Act. Defendant USDA is a cabinet agency in the Executive Branch of the federal government and is an agency within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. § 552(f).