In addition to fighting during the Crusades, trade was an important component as new goods and ideas were exchanged. They came into contact with empires that were in many ways more advanced than their own. ... The increased demand for these items sent merchants to the east permanently to establish trade networks.
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D. Printed materials became more available.
They believed that smuggling was not at all a crime because the laws were very unjust. The Navigation Acts were laws that were meant to enrich England, and only benefit them.
