English+Trade+Laws

Read p. 92-93 Use the following questions to guide you as you answer the following question: One of the main reasons England claimed territory in the New World was to use it for economic purposes. Therefore, was England acting in its best interests in passing laws to control colonial trade? Please explain your answer in a one-paragraph response.

What is mercantilism? How did the Navigation Acts limit colonial trade? How did colonists view the trade laws that England set? Why do you think that British officials rarely carried out the Molasses Act?