Why did parliament pass the navigation acts?

The Acts. In October of 1651, the English Parliament passed its Navigation Acts of 1651. These acts were designed to tighten the government's control over trade between England, its colonies, and the rest of the world.England's American colonies could only export their goods in English ships.

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the answer is a. laws were enacted in the aftermath of the plot to make it harder to free slaves,increasing sectionalism