The purpose of these laws was to ensure that only England benefited from colonial trade. The Navigation Acts were a series of laws that restricted the use of foreign ships for trade between Britain and its colonies, occurring from 1651 to about 1851.
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the English passed the navagation acts in the year 1660
there was resentment toward England and altermately lead to the revolutionary war
The ultimate purpose of the navigation acts was to insure that England and it mercantile empire would always have a favorable balance
The Navigation Acts were created by England to restrict trade with its colonies. England wanted to stop trading between its colonies and other European countries such as France and the Netherlands.
they had to trade with England