The Navigation Acts of the 1650s and 1660s were designed to regulate colonial trade in order to

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The Navigation Acts were intended to benefit the English crown and merchants by restricting colonial trade to English ships and mandating certain goods to be shipped only to England. This helped to ensure that revenues from the colonies flowed into English hands, rather than into the hands of other European powers.

The Navigation Acts of the 1650s and 1660s Were Designed