What was the primary purpose of additions to the Navigation Acts such as the Wool Act
and the Molasses Act?
O Decrease the slave trade
O Prevent piracy and smuggling
O Increase control over colonies
O Reduce exposure to European ideas
Parliament passed laws which forbade the shipping of woolens, hats, and iron products out of the colony in which they were manufactured. The purpose of these laws was to prevent the development of manufacturing in the colonies.
