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Why was the flow of trade items important to Chesapeake colonists and to Great Britain?

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Answer:

It told colonial merchants that they could not use foreign ships to send their goods

Step-by-step explanation:

It also told the colonists that they could not ship certain products, like sugar and tobacco, outside England's empire.

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