1 Jan 1660 Jahr - Navigation Act of 1660

Beschreibung:

2/3 of each ship crew must be English

Enumerated goods – only to England (deny resources to Spain/Netherlands)


The Navigation Acts (1651, 1660) were acts of Parliament intended to promote the self-sufficiency of the British Empire by restricting colonial trade to England and decreasing dependence on foreign imported goods. ... To continue intercolonial trade, the colonies resorted to smuggling.


A series of strict British trade policies designed to promote English shipping & control colonial trade in regard to important crops (such as tobacco) & resources, which had to be shipped exclusively on British ships.

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