What Did the Navigation Acts Do

question 86

Multiple Choice

What did the Navigation Acts do?

• A) They prohibited colonists from engaging in overseas commerce.
• B) They limited the goods that could be manufactured and traded within the colonies.
• C) They forced American ships to carry English goods at no cost.
• D) They required most colonial trade to go through England and be transported on English ships.
• E) They established the navigation lanes on the St. Lawrence Waterway and Mississippi River.

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