Ok so... I am witting a DBQ on the Articles of Confederation and I know pretty much everything there is to know about it.

Except one thing.
In one document it talks about how the British were hurting American trade by imposing trade restrictions on the nation. I want to know what kind of trade restrictions were they? What form did they take? Were they just taxes or did the British actually refused to let the United States trade with other parts of the British Empire?