Question

what was the reaction from the colonists to the navigation acts

Answer 1

Colonists reacted with anger. They were not happy that they had to pay more for things, buy only british boat, white crue, and follow other changing details. Everything they had they could only be aquired by either home made, grown, or bought from the pricey british. Such act resulted in boycott (not buying british material, producing it themselves.), and smuggling (sneaking around and secretly buying products from other countries) . The colonists were very angry, and had felt taken advantage of, which they were. The british were selfish by doing so. The act caused people to go into poverty.