The correct answers are A) to monopolize the colonial trade and increase the revenue for its own country and C) to keep other foreign countries from taking over the colonies with their raw materials.
The TWO reasons the British Parliament wanted to control the American colonies were the following: to monopolize the colonial trade and increase the revenue for its own country and to keep other foreign countries from taking over the colonies with their raw materials.
However, American colonists were very upset and angry against the British Crown due to the heavy taxation imposed by the English government. And the worst thing was that American colonists did not have a voice or representation in the British Parliament. This was a serious cause that started the American Revolutionary War to gain independence from the English Crown.