The Navigation Acts of 1660-1663
a. defined the purpose of the American colonies as the enrichment of the mother country.
b. was a punitive measure designed to limit the trade of the American colonists.
c. opened up trade between the American and Spanish colonies in the New World.
d. limited the exportation of certain "enumerated articles" out of the colonies.
e. encouraged triangular trade.
ANS: A
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