WORLD 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: -This law required that any and all cargo bound for the American colonies or other countries had to be routed through England for inspection, and taxes had to be paid upon the goods before they could leave English ports. In effect, this law blocked colonists from forming their own trade economy.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Navigation Acts had several regulations: Colonists had to sell certain products (sugar, tobacco, indigo) only to England or English colonies. Products to be sold in colonies from foreign nations had to pass through England first.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -The Navigation Act 1651, long titled An Act for increase of Shipping, and Encouragement of the Navigation of this Nation, was passed on 9 October 1651 by the Rump Parliament led by Oliver Cromwell. It authorized the Commonwealth to regulate England’s international trade, as well as the trade with its colonies.