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Yield revenues for the crown and English merchants and divert the colonies' trade from England's competitors and enemies.
Parliament passed the Navigation Acts to keep all the profits from the colonies for England. They banned trade in colonial ports with any foreign country other than England. Thus, goods couldn't go straight to Europe, bypass Britain and keep British merchants from making money.
The navigation act, was designed to make the colonies and the parent country (England) dependent on each other, without foreign interference. By doing this, England would exclude foreign vessels from trading with the English Colonies.
There were no colonies when the English parliament started.
The first Navigation Act was passed by English parliament in 1651 CE, it stated that goods from Asia, Africa and America could not be transported to England except in English ships. The second Navigation Act was passed in 1660, it forbade importing into or exporting from British colonies except in British ships. The British government passed several other import export laws into the 18th century, however the Navigation Acts were first of these laws.
The English Navigation Acts (1650-1673) were a series of laws that restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England (after 1707 Great Britain) and its colonies
UNTRUTHS:The Navigation Act was passed in 1864. (True: Passed 1600.)Stated all sailors must be Portuguese (True: Crews must be 3/4s English)Ships could only take tobacco, cotton, and sugar were to be shipped from the colonies to ports in Asia (True: Only back to England or English colonies.)It prevented the development of the New England colonies. (True: New England colonies prospered, despite competing with British-run ships.
Navigation Acts- mercantilism favored England at the colony's expense (colonies were forced to give raw materials to England only ,trade with England only, and only buy English products), and colonies were often heavily taxed for goods as well
A series of English laws that required the American colonies to trade primarily with England; set duties on some goods
The law that required colonies to trade only on English ships is known as the Navigation Acts. These laws were implemented by the British government in the 17th century to regulate colonial trade and ensure that it benefited England's economy. The Navigation Acts aimed to restrict competition from other countries and increase profits for English merchants.
The intention of the Navigation Acts was to regulate the trade of the empire and to enable the mother country to derive a profit from colonies. These acts were passed by the British parliament.
The British Parliament passed navigation acts in the 17th and 18th centuries to regulate trade and shipping in the British colonies. These acts required certain goods to only be traded with English ships and restricted colonial trade to only pass through English ports.