1. What were the Navigation Acts?
2. Name some items "enumerated" by the acts as being exported from the colonies only to England.
3. Name three examples of exports the colonists had to trade with other countries illegally because England
produced its own.
4. In what industry did the colonists prosper due to the navigation acts? Why?
5. In addition to increasing England's wealth, how was the mercantile system advantageous for the
colonies?
6. Why did the tobacco industry flourish in the colonies?
7. When were the Navigation Acts repealed?
8. What did customs officials do to supplement their incomes?
9. Why did Britain levy heavier taxes on the colonies in 1764?