What did the Staple Act of 1633 stipulate?
a. It established limits on which items imported into the American colonies were exempt from import taxes.
b. Certain items produced in the colonies had to be shipped directly to England before they could be reexported elsewhere.
c. The English government held legal claim to one quarter of the timber produced in North America, which would be used for shipbuilding.
d. American colonists could only buy European goods that had passed first through England.