Question

Why was the Great Britain failed to enforce the Navigation Acts before 1763?

• A. Smuggling had made the colonies, and therefore Britain, wealthier.
• B. The royal governors in the colonies were disloyal to British interests.
• C. Britain had no interest in what went on in the American colonies.
• D. British representatives found it impossible to enforce laws that so many colonists were determined to ignore.
• E. The colonists threatened the lives and property of the people paid to enforce the Navigation Acts.

Answer 1

The correct option is D British representatives found it impossible to enforce laws that so many colonists were determined to ignore.

Choices B, C, and E are untrue statements. Choice A is misleading; the colonists profited from smuggling, but those profits did not accrue to Britain.