SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
enriched the Spanish
|
|
|
Smuggling increased
|
|
|
Smuggling decreased
|
|
|
Colonial independence
|
Detailed explanation-1: -British authorities attempted to harness the trade of their Atlantic colonies by employing a series of laws that restricted overseas commerce (often referred to as the Navigation Acts). This legislation created the opportunity for illicit trade by raising the costs of legal trade.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Navigation Act of 1651, aimed primarily at the Dutch, required all trade between England and the colonies to be carried in English or colonial vessels, resulting in the Anglo-Dutch War in 1652.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Navigation Acts, or more broadly the Acts of Trade and Navigation, were a long series of English laws that developed, promoted, and regulated English ships, shipping, trade, and commerce between other countries and with its own colonies.
Detailed explanation-4: -How did the Navigation Acts Affect the colonists? it directed the flow of goods between England and the colonies. It told colonial merchants that they could not use foreign ships to send their goods, even if it was less expensive.