The No-Hate Act of 1732, or when British hatters were outraged that there were American hatters.

>Similarly, the growth of colonial hatmaking in the 1720s made British hatters mad: They complained that New Englanders, New Yorkers, and Carolinians were using beaver and wool to make hats for shipment throughout the colonies and even to the West Indies. The hatters petitioned that colonists be prevented from wearing or selling any hats except those made in Great Britain. The prohibition against wearing hats could not be enforced very readily, but in 1732 London prohibited intercolonial trade in hats and felts, and restricted colonial hatmaking to those who had served a seven-year apprenticeship. The act also stipulated that blacks could not be trained to be hatmakers. ______________________ **Source:** Olasky, Marvin. “Golden Chains.” *Fighting for Liberty and Virtue: Political and Cultural Wars in Eighteenth-Century America*. Crossway Books, 1995. 56. Print. **Original Source Listed:** Act of George II, c. 22. _______________________ **Further Reading:** [Hat Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hat_Act)