What acts were passed by the british government during the colonial era

the coercive acts (american colonists called it the intolerable acts) were soon passed by parliament in 1774 in response to colonial resistance to the british rule

monopolies  came to the united states with the colonial administration. the large-scale public works needed to make the new world hospitable to old world immigrants required large companies to carry them out. these companies were granted exclusive contracts for these works by the colonial administrators. even after the american revolution, many of these colonial holdovers still functioned due to the contracts and land

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