The Navigation Acts
A) placed tariffs on the import of British goods by the colonies.
B) provided for the free trade of colonial goods, including tobacco, indigo and sugar.
C) required all colonial trade to be carried on English vessels.
D) were abolished in 1700.

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The Navigation Acts were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament that regulated trade between England and its colonies. One of the key provisions was that colonial goods had to be transported in English ships, which is what choice C refers to.