This act was passed to assert the authority of the British government to tax its subjects in North America after it repealed the much-hated Stamp Act. British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to help replenish their finances after the costly Seven Years' War with France.Franklin used his printing experience from his brother Peter to make propaganda to incite the American Revolution. The purpose of the tax was to pay for British military troops stationed in the American colonies after the French and Indian War. 250 years ago this week Parliament passed the 'Declaratory Act', aimed at limiting the damage of the earlier repeal of the Stamp Act. The repeal of the Stamp Act did not mean that Great Britain was surrendering any control over its colonies. An act for the better securing the dependency of his Majesty's colonies and plantations in America upon the crown and Parliament of Great Britain.