The first English Navigation Act,adopted during the rule of Oliver Cromwell:
A) required the Royal Navy to use only Protestant navigators on its ships.
B) aimed to wrest control of world trade from the Dutch.
C) freed England's North American colonies from economic regulations (to stimulate prosperity).
D) added New Netherland to the British empire.
E) authorized several mapmaking expeditions to the New World.

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The first English Navigation Act, adopted in 1651 during the rule of Oliver Cromwell, aimed to wrest control of world trade from the Dutch by requiring all goods imported into England be carried in English ships or ships from the originating country. This was intended to hurt the Dutch, who dominated European shipping and trading at the time, and enable the English to build up their own commercial strength.

The First English Navigation Act,adopted During the Rule of Oliver