The Navigation Acts impacted the Thirteen American Colonies as the colonies had to pay heavy taxes on certain imported goods.
The Navigation Acts of England were a series of laws that restricted the use of foreign ships in the commerce of England (later Great Britain and its colonies). They emerged as a consequence of the 1648 Revolution, in response to the economic conflict. Resentment against these laws motivated the Anglo-Dutch wars and the War of Independence of the United States.
The Navigation Acts established that trade with the colonies was monopolized by English navigators. In this way, the empire was closed to foreign navigation, and imported products should pay a high tax to enter the colonies.
