Navigation Act 1651

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The Navigation Act of 1651 was an English mercantilist law aimed primarily at undermining Dutch maritime dominance by restricting colonial trade to English ships and crews.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of England
navigation act
aimedAt Dutch Republic
Dutch carrying trade
alsoKnownAs Navigation Act 1651
surface form: First Navigation Act
appliesToJurisdiction England
English colonies
English overseas possessions
associatedWith Oliver Cromwell
country Kingdom of England
economicPolicy mercantilism
enactedUnder English Commonwealth
surface form: Commonwealth of England
fieldOfWork colonial policy
commercial law
maritime law
followedBy Navigation Act 1660
later Navigation Acts
follows early English mercantilist policies
hasEffect contributed to Anglo-Dutch Wars
increased dependence of colonies on English shipping
limited colonial trade partners
reduced Dutch role in English carrying trade
strengthened English merchant marine
hasPurpose to promote English shipping
to restrict colonial trade to English control
to undermine Dutch maritime dominance
historicalPeriod Interregnum
surface form: Interregnum (England)
inception 1651
influenced development of British colonial trade system
later British imperial economic policy
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalStatus statute
legislativeBody Parliament of England
mainSubject Anglo-Dutch commercial rivalry
maritime trade regulation
mercantilism
partOf Navigation Act 1651 self-linksurface differs
surface form: British Navigation Acts

English mercantilist system
pointInTime 1651
regulates colonial trade
maritime commerce
shipping
restriction a majority of the crew must be English or from the producing country
imports into England and its colonies must be carried in English ships or ships of the producing country
shipmasters must be English or from the producing country
ships engaged in trade with England must be owned by English subjects or subjects of the producing country
title Navigation Act 1651 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Navigation Act of 1651
topic early modern economic history
history of British Empire

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Navigation Acts hasPart Navigation Act 1651
Rump Parliament enacted Navigation Act 1651
this entity surface form: Navigation Act of 1651
Navigation Act 1651 partOf Navigation Act 1651 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: British Navigation Acts
Navigation Act 1651 title Navigation Act 1651 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Navigation Act of 1651
Navigation Act 1651 alsoKnownAs Navigation Act 1651
this entity surface form: First Navigation Act
Navigation Act 1660 follows Navigation Act 1651
Navigation Act 1663 relatedTo Navigation Act 1651
Navigation Act 1663 precededBy Navigation Act 1651
Navigation Act 1673 relatedTo Navigation Act 1651
Navigation Acts (England) hasPart Navigation Act 1651
First Anglo-Dutch War cause Navigation Act 1651
this entity surface form: English Navigation Act of 1651