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"Of all the American Plantations his Majesty has, none are so apt for the building of Shipping asNew-England, nor none more comparably so qualified for the breeding of [sailors), not only byreason of the natural industry of that people, but principally by reason of their Cod andMackeral Fisheries: and in my poor opinion, there is nothing more prejudicial, and in projectmore dangerous to any Mother-Kingdom, than the increase of Shipping in her Colonies,Plantations, or Provinces.Josiah Child, governor of the East India Company, 1668A historian would most likely use this passage as evidence for which of the following claims?