Not to be mean, but first of all there were no american merchants in the 1600s because there was no america, it was British North America. The merchants reaction to the Navagation Acts were mixed. The first navagation act only let things made in Asia, North America and Africa to be shipped to Britain in British Ships, this was not inforced very much. The Second Navagation Act made it illegal for the colonies to import or export anything to any country except for Britian or their plantations. This act was enforced and the colonists hated them. They had very good trade with other countries and many merchants were ruined. The merchants did not like the Navagaton Acts at all. The coloniests economy was hit very hard.

Please do not go to Wikipedia for any information. It is not very reliable.

I am not going to write this for you, but I would suggest if you are looking for more information check out the wikipedia article on the navigation acts – see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navigation_acts If you use the information here and do the assignment you shouldn’t have to worry about generalizing to much.

Good Luck!!!

im not an American merchant during the 1600’s

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