Author Question: Which of the following was not a reason why few colonial Americans objected to the British ... (Read 66 times)

Awilson837 · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

Which of the following was not a reason why few colonial Americans objected to the British navigation system after 1700?

A) The restrictions stimulated the development of an American merchant marine and American maritime industries.
B) Parliament never restricted products such as grain, livestock, fish, lumber, or rum, which accounted for 60 percent of colonial exports.
C) Tobacco growers were given a monopoly of the British market.
D) The regulations primarily burdened tobacco and rice exporters, whose income was reduced by less than 3.
E) Most American colonies were prosperous and self-sufficient and did not need commercial connections with England to pursue their internal economic development.

Question 2

What did the Navigation Acts do?

A) They prohibited colonists from engaging in overseas commerce.
B) They limited the goods that could be manufactured and traded within the colonies.
C) They forced American ships to carry English goods at no cost.
D) They required most colonial trade to go through England and be transported on English ships.
E) They established the navigation lanes on the St. Lawrence Waterway and Mississippi River.