Low-Cost Flyboats Offered an Attractive Alternative to Heavier, More Costly

question 22

Multiple Choice

Low-cost flyboats offered an attractive alternative to heavier, more costly ships; however, their use was limited in many areas due to

• A) privateering and piracy.
• B) colonial laws that specified minimum crew sizes for many voyages.
• C) the Navigation Acts.
• D) the inability of New England shipbuilders to manufacture flyboats.

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