How did the navigation acts hurted the colonies?

Answer 1

The Acts were an attempt to put the theory of Mercantilism into practice in the British colonies. The object of mercantilism was to minimize imports that cost the nation money, and maximize exports that made the nation money. Colonies were a means of reducing England's dependence on foreign nations. Each colony would provide a raw material to England and this would allow the nation to not have to purchase that product from another nation. By establishing colonies loyal to the Crown, Great Britain would be expanding a dependable market for the finished products coming out of British industries. The Navigation Acts required that all colonial trade be carried in vessels built and owned by English or colonial merchants. The ships had to be manned by crews composed of British seamen. The Acts also required that European nations must sell products to the colonies by first stopping at English ports where they would have to pay a customs duty (tax). The products were checked and then were permitted to travel to the colonies. All products had to go through these ports controlled by England. This made the cost of the product more expensive but protected the trade of Great Britain. Certain materials from the colonies could only be shipped in British or colonial ships and had to be sent to England first. The product was then taxed and allowed to be sent to its destination in whatever European nation. Colonial products could not be shipped directly to any foreign nation.

Answer 2

The period between 1607 and 1651 can be considered one of Salutary Neglect because the colonies were finally profiting for the first time and the British were not making any money off of this. The colonists profited from selling ship building materials (plenty of timber and sticky tar substance that was used in building ships). But when the navigation acts were passed in 1651, all foreign ships were banned from the colonies and now the only people the colonists could do business with legally was the British. Although there was a black market set up where the colonists still sold to anyone, the Navigation Acts took a toll and made the colonists angry (beginnings of a revolution).

p.s. another reason the British passed these acts was because the colonists were helping out other navies (french,Portuguese,spanish) by selling this valuable ship building material to them.

Answer 3

The British Parliamentary acts profoundly affected and injured the American colonies. First, they introduced taxation regimes without direct American representation in England. Second, the Intolerable Acts violated colonists rights to due process and freedom from unwarranted searches and seizures. These Acts served as breaking points making the American Revolution inevitable.

Answer 4

The Acts were an attempt to put the theory of Mercantilism into practice in the British colonies. The object of mercantilism was to minimize imports that cost the nation money, and maximize exports that made the nation money. Colonies were a means of reducing England's dependence on foreign nations. Each colony would provide a raw material to England and this would allow the nation to not have to purchase that product from another nation. By establishing colonies loyal to the Crown, Great Britain would be expanding a dependable market for the finished products coming out of British industries. The Navigation Acts required that all colonial trade be carried in vessels built and owned by English or colonial merchants. The ships had to be manned by crews composed of British seamen. The Acts also required that European nations must sell products to the colonies by first stopping at English ports where they would have to pay a customs duty (tax). The products were checked and then were permitted to travel to the colonies. All products had to go through these ports controlled by England. This made the cost of the product more expensive but protected the trade of Great Britain. Certain materials from the colonies could only be shipped in British or colonial ships and had to be sent to England first. The product was then taxed and allowed to be sent to its destination in whatever European nation. Colonial products could not be shipped directly to any foreign nation.