THE NAVIGATION ACTS

WHAT WERE THE NAVIGATION ACTS?

• The navigation acts restricted trade in three major ways.
• Only British could bring goods to and from the colonies.
• The only people who could trade with the colonies were British citizens.
• Goods such as sugar and tobacco produced in the colonies had to be exported to British Ports.

WHEN WERE THE ACTS EFFECTIVE?

• They were effective in the years of 1650-1696
• Passed by the rump parliament

DID YOU KNOW?

• British introduced the acts earlier but didn't really enforse them;
• (glorious revolution had them occupied)
• they introduced the acts again after the French & Indian war,
• but the colonies firmly objected.
• It was intended to make colonies a supplier of raw materials.

SOURCES

• www.usahistory.info
• www.infoplease.com
• www.bcw-project.org
• www.thenagain.info