Read the passage and answer the question below.
Quiz 2
"... from thence forward, no goods or commodities whatsoever shall be imported into or
exported out of any lands... in any other... ships or... vessels whatsoever, but in such ships or
vessels as do truly and without fraud belong only to the people of England... or are built of
and belonging to any the lands and whereof the master and three fourths of the mariners at
least are English."
-Navigation Acts, September 1660
Which of the following accurately describes the purpose of the excerpt above?
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