what were the ways the english navigation laws affected the colonies
Because the Navigation acts stated that the goods going to and from the colonies had to be brought in on English ships and 75% of the crew had to be English Because the goods had to come in on English ships the owners of English ships made the colonists pay way more because they were the only ones who could take the product to England and then where ...
directed the flow of goods between England Colonies    The Navigation Acts required that all colonial trade be carried in vessels built and owned by English or colonial mâ¦erchants. The ships had to be manned by crews composed of British seamen.
Bolded Info:The Navigation Laws were the most famous of the laws to enforce mercantilism. The first of these was enacted in 1650, and was aimed at rival Dutch shippers who were elbowing their way into the American carrying trade. The Navigation Laws restricted commerce from the colonies to England (and back) to only English ships, and none other.