Answer: prohibited all British trade with the American colonies, and also changed their view about American ships to be treated as an enemy.
Explanation:
In December 1775, Parliament passed the American Prohibitory Act. This Act was specifically designed to hurt the colonies economically. In addition to this Act, the Proclamation of Rebellion in August sealed the declaration of war by the Parliament against the American colonies.
Answer: Egged on by France above all, the 17 countries of the eurozone are planning to try to save their single currency with deeper political and economic integration. Britain thinks that in the short term some sort of deep integration is a necessary condition for saving the euro, and fears the consequences of a euro collapse. But Britain does not want to take part in that integration, will not pay for it, knows that it will be marginalised by it, cannot veto it and probably cannot extract many concessions from the process of creating it. Oh, and deep down the British government does not think it will work.
