Navigation Acts

Question 1

Navigation act of 1651

Answer 1

Required all goods traded within the empire to be carried in British or American ships, or in ships of the country of manufacture

Question 2

Navigation act of 1660 (Enumeration Act)

Answer 2

Specified certain colonial products such as tobacco, sugar, and indigo could be shipped only to England or other English colonies

Question 3

Navigation Act of 1663 (Staple Act)

Answer 3

Ruled that certain goods shipped from Europe to the colonies had to pass through English ports first so duties were placed on the goods
This protected British merchants from foreign competition in the colonial market

Question 4

Factors that contributed to Britain loosing control over colonies

Answer 4

3000 miles of sea separating them made it inefficient
War with France
Colonies were used to self government
Salutary neglect