Enumerated goods were colonial products that, under the Navigation Acts, had to be shipped to England or its colonies before being exported elsewhere, ensuring control over trade and benefiting the English economy.

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"Enumerated" Goods

Question 20

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"Enumerated" goods:

A) made up the bulk of items imported into the colonies from abroad.
B) were those the English colonies could not produce under terms of the Navigation Acts.
C) created a financial drain on the English government during the seventeenth century.
D) were colonial products, such as tobacco and sugar, that first had to be imported to England.
E) were specifically exempt from England's mercantilist regulations.

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