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The declaratory act was an act of the parliament of great britian. The declaration stated that Parliament's authority was the same in America as in Britain and asserted Parliament's authority to pass laws that were binding on the American colonies.
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Declaration of Rights and Grievances
The document was the Declaration of Rights and Grievances, which was drafted by the Stamp Act Congress but not signed by the delegates. The declaration was one of the first assertions of 'no taxation without representation', and was generally the main reaction to the Intolerable Acts.
"For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent"
When Jefferson was writing the Declaration, he and the committee was against slavery and the king's support for the slave trade. The paragraph that condemned the act was eventually removed because South Carolina and Georgia objected and forced them to drop the paragraph.
The First Continental Congress originally called for peace. When peace was not possible a declaration of war was issued and a declaration of independence.