The British Navigation Acts contradicted the ideas
A) of Abigail Adams in her letter to her husband about women's rights.
B) in The Wealth of Nations.
C) in Circle of the Social and Benevolent Affections.
D) of the freedom petitions by slaves.
E) in Thomas Jefferson's "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom."

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The British Navigation Acts contradicted the ideas in Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations," which advocated for free trade and criticized mercantilism, the economic theory underpinning the Navigation Acts.

The British Navigation Acts Contradicted the Ideas