What is the Navigation Acts?
During Colonial Times, it seemed that there was very little that the British did not control through some type of Act that was passed in Parliament. The Navigation Acts were first passed in 1651 and was designed to control trade between England and its colonies by limiting the use of foreign shipping. Like many other Acts, this caused opposition in the American colonies which later led to the American Revolutionary War. You can find more information here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navigation_…
