<Table> The Taxation of Colonies Act, 1778 <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Parliament of Great Britain </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Long title </Th> <Td> An Act for removing all Doubts and Apprehensions concerning Taxation by the Parliament of Great Britain in any of the Colonies, Provinces, and Plantations in North America and the West Indies; and for repealing so much of an Act made in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His late Majesty as imposes a Duty on Tea imported from Great Britain into any Colony or Plantation in America as relates to there </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Citation </Th> <Td> 18 Geo. 3 c. 12 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial extent </Th> <Td> British America and the British West Indies </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Dates </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Repealed </Th> <Td> July 18, 1973 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Other legislation </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Repealed by </Th> <Td> Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Status: Repealed </Th> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Parliament of Great Britain </Td> </Tr>

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