- Passed in the late 17th-early 18th century.
- Required that colonists get specific goods exclusively from the British and had to ship colonial products on British vessels to British ships.
Taxes
- The Sugar Act of 1764
- placed various duties on foreign-made sugar and molasses imported into the American colonies.
- The Stamp Act of 1765
- imposed a duty on nearly all printed materials produced in the colonies.
- The Townshend Acts of 1767
- placed taxes on lead, glass, paper, paint, and tea.
The Quebec Act of 1774
- expanded the province of Quebec into the Ohio River Valley (previously, land west of the Appalachians had been claimed by several colonies),
- Guaranteed the French-Canadian inhabitants freedom of religion, the retention of their Civil Code and the French legal system,
Proclamation of 1763
- forbade settlement by American colonists west of the Appalachian Mountains.