Which of the following statements describes the change in English economic
philosophy toward the colonies beginning in the 1650s?
No longer content with a favorable balance of trade with European countries,
the English government controlled trade with the colonies.
To increase efficiency, Americans were required to ship their goods to England
on the first available vessel, whatever its nation of registry.
Confident in the colonies' solvency, the royal government no longer required
payment of American colonial debts in gold or silver coins.
The English required Dutch ships to carry sugar and tobacco from America to
England before delivering them elsewhere.
