History & Social Studies
Why did England pass the Navigation Acts?
Creating America: A History of the United States, McDougal Littell, 2005, page 113
Creating America: A History of the United States, McDougal Littell, 2005, page 113
England passed the Navigation Acts in 1651, hoping to tighten the government's control over trade between England, England's colonies, and the rest of the world. One of the acts made it law that the American colonies would only be allowed to export their goods in English ships.