The Navigation Acts required that colonists use England as an "entrepot." This resulted in
A) additional shipping and handling costs for colonial trade.
B) increased prices for colonial imports.
C) an increased share of profits going to middlemen.
D) an estimated total economic burden of less than 1 percent of colonial income.
E) All of the above.

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The Navigation Acts, by requiring that goods be shipped through England, led to additional costs for shipping and handling, increased prices for imports due to the added steps in the trade process, and a larger share of profits going to middlemen involved in the trade. Despite these impacts, the overall economic burden on the colonies was estimated to be less than 1 percent of colonial income, indicating that while the Acts imposed costs, they did not constitute a severe economic burden.

The Navigation Acts Required That Colonists Use England as an "Entrepot