jan 8, 1660 - Navigation Act 1660

Description:

Part of the Navigation Acts, it was a law passed that mostly reused the ideas from the 1651 act, but with even stricter measures in place. It required ship crews to be at least 75% English, and for a bond to be purchased as collateral for compliance with the law. It required warships to seize foreign ships and take them to the Court of Admiralty (a court with jurisdiction over maritime laws). It enumerated seven goods that could only be shipped between England and its colonies: sugar, tobacco, cotton wool, indigo, ginger, fustic, and other dyeing woods. It barred foreign merchants from doing business in English colonies.

It was coupled with several other acts passed at the same time, including:

Customs Act 1660: Passed with the first Navigation Act. It specified how customs duties would be collected, as well as clarifying that for the purposes of the Navigation Acts, an Englishman was counted only as a subject of England, Ireland, or its plantations.

Exportation Act 1660: Passed with the first Navigation Act. Banned the export of wool and wool processing materials. This was made so in order to encourage domestic wool production,

Tobacco Planting and Sowing Act 1660: Passed with the first Navigation Act. Banned growing tobacco in England or Ireland in order to limit competition with the colonies.