When the colonies supply lines to Britain were interrupted the colonies would start making trade with the French. Britain would seek to seize control over this and declared that only English ships could bring goods into England and that the colonies could only export its goods to England. This would be known as the Navigation Acts. The Navigation Acts would soon lead the …show more content…
The colonies played their part in the trading system as they supplied raw materials for England. Before the Navigation Acts, England didn’t have much say over the colonies trade. The Navigation Acts were then made to create a limited trade policy for the colonies. It was poorly enforced, and the policy of neglect would continue until the end of the French and Indian War. The colonists would eventually seek to be self-governed and England tried to tighten their political control by imposition of tax and trade regulations. This added to the tension with the colonies that would eventually lead to the American