1-Laws passed between 1763 and 1775 regulated trade in the colonies and imposed new taxes to refill British coffers. Parliament refused to respond to colonial concerns, sparking the Revolutionary War. 2-The Navigation Acts were a series of laws passed by English Parliament between 1645 and 1761. The twenty-nine laws were intended to control colonial trade and shipping to the benefit of English interests. ... This enabled England to collect tax on the imports and to prevent direct trading with any other country.
