This act was passed to assert the authority of the British government to tax its subjects in North America after it repealed the much-hated Stamp Act. On March 18, 1766, George III approved Parliament's repeal of the Stamp Act and its passage of the Declaratory Act.The first official action against the Stamp Act came from the Virginia House of Burgesses on May 29th, 1765. British King George III approved the repeal of the Stamp Act and passed the Declaratory Act on March 18, 1766. On March 18, 1766, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act and passed the Declaratory Act. The combination of these two types of resistance to the Stamp Act proved successful, as Parliament repealed the act on March 18th, 1766. On October 9, 1765, representatives from nine of the eighteen colonies showed up at New York City's Federal Hall. Parliament has a different take on the repeal, passing the Declaratory Act, which states that it is still authorized to directly tax its colonies. The Declaratory Act of March 18, 1766, stated that Parliament had the right to legislate for the colonies in "all cases whatsoever. The repeal of the Stamp Act did not mean that Great Britain was surrendering any control over its colonies.