What are the four major laws of the navigation acts?

Answer 1

The four major laws of the Navigation Acts, enacted by England in the 17th century, aimed to regulate colonial trade and ensure that it benefited England. First, they mandated that certain goods, known as "enumerated goods," such as tobacco and sugar, could only be shipped to England or English colonies. Second, all ships involved in colonial trade had to be British-owned and crewed by at least three-quarters British subjects. Third, the Acts required that goods imported into the colonies be carried on English ships. Lastly, these laws sought to suppress foreign competition and reinforce England's economic dominance over its colonies.