In 1651 the First English Navigation Act

question 95

Multiple Choice

In 1651 the first English Navigation Act:

• A) required the Royal Navy to use only Protestant navigators on its ships.
• B) aimed to wrest control of world trade from the Dutch.
• C) freed England's North American colonies from economic regulations (to stimulate prosperity).
• D) added New Netherland to the British empire.
• E) authorized several mapmaking expeditions to the New World.

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