The Staple Act of 1663 stated that __________

A) Americans must stop raising corn and wheat
B) imports to America had to be first shipped through England
C) Americans could not produce iron products
D) rum had to be manufactured in the West Indies
E) Americans could only produce staple foodstuffs


Answer: B

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