1651 - Commerce
Commerce
The Navigation Act adopted by Parliament October 9 forbids importation of goods into England or her colonies except by English vessels or by vessels of the countries producing the goods. The mercantilist legislation aims to help the nation's merchant marine gain supremacy over the Dutch, who have been trading with English possessions and take exception to English claims of sovereignty over the seas (see 1660; Anglo-Dutch war, 1652).
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