I read this from my history book -
Many ships owned by the colonial merchants followed a direct route between the New England ports and England. They followed this route because the English government insisted . It wanted the colonists to send their exports, or goods leaving a country, only to England or other English colonies. The English government also expected to buy only English made imports, or goods brought back from a country.
Harcourt Horizons; United states history
Gerneral Editor: Dr.Michal J. Berson
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Navigation act
The purpose of these laws was to ensure that only England benefited from colonial trade. The Navigation Acts were a series of laws that restricted the use of foreign ships for trade between Britain and its colonies, occurring from 1651 to about 1851.
atlantic slave trade
England ensured profits from crops raised in its colonies through a system of mercantilism, which mandated that colonies trade primarily with the mother country. This included enforcing navigation acts that limited colonial trade to English ships and required certain valuable goods, like tobacco and sugar, to be exported exclusively to England. Additionally, England implemented taxes and tariffs on colonial goods, further securing economic benefits from the colonies' agricultural output. This system allowed England to control prices and profits derived from colonial resources.
England attempted to regulate colonial trade by several means except regulating the colonials spending. This was something that they were not able to do without violating rights and civil liberties.
To tighten its control over colonial trade
They used the navigation acts
To enforce mercantilism England passed the NAVIGATION ACTS, (Trade Acts) beginning in 1651. These acts were designed to control trade with its colonies. These laws forced the colonies to trade only with England. England passed other Trade Acts that continued to control colonial trade.
Navigation act
colonial boycotts hated the colonists and England traded
trade
Mercantilism is a theory that a nation's economic strength came from protecting and increasing its home economy by keeping strict control over its colonial trade. I guess examples can be: England's finished products. England made the colonies trade with England only.
they soled munwer
Trade with Colonial Virginia was restricted to England.
To make more money
The British government sought to control the colonies' foreign policy and trade, primarily through laws such as the Navigation Acts, which restricted colonial trade to England and its allies. This control was intended to ensure that the economic benefits of colonial resources and trade flowed back to Britain. Additionally, the British Crown and Parliament aimed to maintain authority over colonial relations with other nations, further asserting their dominance over colonial affairs. This led to growing tensions and resentment among the colonists, ultimately contributing to the push for independence.
The purpose of these laws was to ensure that only England benefited from colonial trade. The Navigation Acts were a series of laws that restricted the use of foreign ships for trade between Britain and its colonies, occurring from 1651 to about 1851.