The main purpose of the Navigation acts was to?

Answer 1

The original intention of the Navigation Acts was to prevent the French and Dutch from trading with the colonies. It formed middle man system which required goods exported by the colonies to have to go through Britain first before going to Europe.

Answer 2

The first Navigation Acts were enacted as early as 1650 to control colonial trade.

Answer 3

maintain England's commercial control of the colonies.

Answer 4

The main idea is to keep trade between the colonies and England, and keep the Dutch out.

Answer 5

to guarantee that england would be the only colony to make profit from colonial trade