Dodd-Frank Act. The Dodd-Frank Act (fully known as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) is a United States federal law that places regulation of the financial industry in the hands of the government.
The Declaratory Act was a gesture of British Parliament reasserting its authority to pass taxes and laws on the colonies, even though they lacked any representation. The Stamp Act of 1765 had backfired on the British Crown.
March 18: STAMP ACT is repealed by Parliament, which also passes DECLARATORY ACT to affirm its authority to âmake laws . . . of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of