Most colonists' reaction to the Navigation Acts was to...

   

• comply with its laws out of fear of reprisals.
• welcome these measures as a way of strengthening the bonds of empire, which would protect them from the French and Spanish.
• bribe customs officials to ignore the regulations.
• resent and resist the trade restrictions. 

ANSWER: Most colonists' reaction to the Navigation Acts was to  resent and resist the trade restrictions.