Final answer:
The Navigation Acts were the series of laws that restricted American colonial trade in favor of British economic interests and sparked colonial discontent leading up to the American Revolution. The correct option is B.
Step-by-step explanation:
The series of acts that forced the American colonies into restrictive trade arrangements with Great Britain were known as the Navigation Acts. These acts were designed to regulate colonial trade and enable Britain to collect taxes on goods.
The Navigation Act of 1660, for instance, stipulated that only English or colonial ships could engage in shipping within the empire and listed several 'enumerated articles' like sugar, tobacco, cotton, wool, and indigo, which could only be traded within the empire.
The Staple Act of 1663 and the Plantation Duties Act of 1673 further restricted trade by regulating the import of foreign goods through English ports and taxing goods shipped between colonies, respectively. The enforcement of these acts led to tensions that fueled the American Revolution.