SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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A document to set up a government by the Pilgrims
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A list of rules the colonists had to follow when trading goods
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A list of laws about how to sail on the water
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A document granting Columbus permission to explore
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1651, the British Parliament, in the first of what became known as the Navigation Acts, declared that only English ships would be allowed to bring goods into England, and that the North American colonies could only export its commodities, such as tobacco and sugar, to England.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Acts generally prohibited the use of foreign ships, required the employment of English and colonial mariners for 75% of the crews, including East India Company ships.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Navigation Acts (1651, 1660) were acts of Parliament intended to promote the self-sufficiency of the British Empire by restricting colonial trade to England and decreasing dependence on foreign imported goods.
Detailed explanation-4: -The most direct way for colonists to avoid the Navigation Acts was also the riskiest: smuggling. Smuggling colonial goods to foreign ports and foreign goods to the colonies was big business in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Detailed explanation-5: -British Parliament to restrict free trade of the Colonies, levied heavy taxes and introduced the Navigation Act. As per this act, the raw materials produced in America should be exported to England only and the essential goods needed by the colonies should be imported from England only.