The Navigation Acts,implemented in the American Colonies by Britain in the Mid-Seventeenth

question 37

Multiple Choice

The Navigation Acts,implemented in the American colonies by Britain in the mid-seventeenth century,were originally intended to

• A) increase royal revenue by taxing colonial shipping.
• B) cut the Dutch and French out of the colonial trade.
• C) allow the colonies to be more self-sufficient.
• D) build up the colonial shipbuilding industry.

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