Administration of the British Empire 

Responsible for Affairs in America  

            1. 1655 Committee for Affairs in America
            2. 1660-1668 Committees of the Privy Council
                        a. Committee of Trade 1660-1665
                        b. Committee on Plantations
            3. 1668-1672 Council for Trade
            4. 1672-1674 Select Council for Trade and Plantations
            5. 1675-1696 Lords of Trade
            6. 1696 Board of Trade
            7. Secretary of State, Southern Department
            8. 1767 American Board of Customs Commissioners

Important Laws:
        Administrative
            1650 Act for Submission of the Colonies
            1696 Administrative Act

        Trade
             1651 Navigation Act
             1660 Act of Enumeration
             1663 Staple Act
             1673 Plantation Act
             1733 Molasses Act
             1764 Sugar Act 

        Manufacturing
             1699 Woolens Act
             1732 Hat Act
             1750 Iron Act

       Other
             1764 Currency Act