| A | B |
| Navigation Acts (first in 1651) | The colonies were only allowed to TRADE WITH BRITAIN. Made products more expensive and thus caused American merchants to become irritated with Great Britain. |
| WOOL ACT (1699) | The colonies were only allowed to SELL TO BRITAIN. Restricted colonial merchants and opened up wool market for the British. Caused American merchants to become irritated with Great Britain. |
| HAT ACT (1732) | The colonies were only allowed to BUY BRITISH-MADE GOODS and were LIMITED IN THE SELLING OF AMERICAN MADE GOODS. Caused American merchants to become irritated with Great Britain and angered the colonial consumer |
| MOLASSES ACT (1733) | The colonies were required to PAY MORE FOR NON-BRITISH GOODS. Forced colonists to purchase British made goods and limited their choices thereby angered the colonial consumer. |
| IRON ACT (1750) | The colonies were LIMITED IN PRODUCTION. Caused American manufacturers to become irritated with Great Britain |
| WRITS OF ASSISTANCE (1760) | The colonies were SUBJECT TO SEARCHES IN WORK AND HOME. Caused Americans to feel and experience a violation of what they thought should have been protected and guaranteed rights |
| PROCLAMATION ACT OF 1763 | The colonists were FORBIDDEN TO SETTLE WEST. Caused Americans to feel powerless, unreasonably restricted, and “over-kinged” |
| SUGAR ACT (1764) | The colonies were REQUIRED TO PAY LESS IN TAX BUT THEY HAD TO PAY IT. Caused Americans to experience the tax more than they had before (even though the tax was less)…in effect increasing tension |
| currency act (1764) | The colonies were NO LONGER ALLOWED TO PRINT NEW MONEY taking away a power they had once had…meaning Britain now controlled the colonial currency system. Caused colonists to |