USA HISTORY

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 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: -The 1696 act now required all current governors and officers to take an oath that all and every clause contained in the act be “punctually and bona fide observed according to the true intent and meaning". Governors nominated in the future were required to take this oath before assuming office.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Navigation Acts of 1660 and 1696 restricted American trade in the following ways: Only British ships could transport imported and exported goods from the colonies. The only people allowed to trade with the colonies were British citizens.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.