Which of the Following Was Not a Reason Why Few

question 53

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was not a reason why few colonial Americans objected to the British navigation system after 1700?

• A) The restrictions stimulated the development of an American merchant marine and American maritime industries.
• B) Parliament never restricted products such as grain, livestock, fish, lumber, or rum, which accounted for 60 percent of colonial exports.
• C) Tobacco growers were given a monopoly of the British market.
• D) The regulations primarily burdened tobacco and rice exporters, whose income was reduced by less than 3%.
• E) Most American colonies were prosperous and self-sufficient and did not need commercial connections with England to pursue their internal economic development.