Question

8.12 the navigation acts passed by parliament in the 17th century were aimed at achieving which goal? establishing strict control over the colonial governments preventing the colonists from settling west of the appalachian mountains ensuring that the colonists only traded with great britain promoting religious tolerance in all of the colonies

Explanation:

The 17th-century Navigation Acts were a series of British trade laws designed to enforce mercantilism, which required colonial trade to be exclusively with or routed through Great Britain to benefit its economy. The other options are incorrect: control over colonial governments was not their core goal, the Appalachian settlement restriction came from the 1763 Proclamation, and religious tolerance was unrelated to these acts.

Answer:

ensuring that the colonists only traded with Great Britain