SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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Colonists had to pay high taxes on goods that they imported from France and the Netherlands.
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Goods shipped from England such as cotton, tobacco, and sugar had to be transported on English ships.
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England controlled all trade between the colonies and Europe
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All colonial goods that were not being shipped to England received a tax.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -Navigation Acts prevented the colonies from shipping any goods anywhere without first stopping in an English port to have their cargoes loaded and unloaded; resulting in providing work for English dockworkers, stevedores, and longshoremen; and also an opportunity to regulate and tax, what was being shipped.