Why would parliament pass the declaratory act? to declare the colonies in rebellion to show authority over boston for their outrageous actions to create pressure on the colonists to stop boycotts to show their governmental position

To show their governmental position

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.