Which of the following was not a reason why few colonial Americans objected to the British navigation system after 1700?
A) The restrictions stimulated the development of an American merchant marine and American maritime industries.
B) Parliament never restricted products such as grain, livestock, fish, lumber, or rum, which accounted for 60 percent of colonial exports.
C) Tobacco growers were given a monopoly of the British market.
D) The regulations primarily burdened tobacco and rice exporters, whose income was reduced by less than 3%.
E) Most American colonies were prosperous and self-sufficient and did not need commercial connections with England to pursue their internal economic development.
E
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