British Administration

English Ministries 1761-1783
            1761-1763 Bute (King’s Friends)
            1763-1765 Grenville (Bedfordites)
            1765-1766 Rockingham (Old Whigs)
            1766-1769 Chatham or “Mosaic Ministry”
            1769-1782 Lord North
            1783 Lord Shelburne
 

Administration for colonies
            Board of Trade
            Privy Council
            Secretary of State
                        Lord Hillsborough 1768-1772
                        Lord Dartmouth 1772-1775
                        Lord Germain 1775-1782
            Treasury
            Surveyor and Auditor General for Colonies
            Commissioner of Customs
            Secretary of War
            Admiralty
            Surveyor of King’s Woods
            Postmaster General
            Bishop of London

Navigation Acts
            1660 Act of Enumeration
            1663 Staple Act
            1673 Plantation Act
            1696 Administrative Act
Manufacturing acts
            1699 Woolens act
            1732 Hat Act
            1750 Iron Act
            1733 Molasses act
Currency regulation