Navigation Act of 1651 targeting Dutch shipping

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The Navigation Act of 1651 targeting Dutch shipping was an English mercantilist law designed to restrict foreign, especially Dutch, access to English trade and maritime commerce in order to bolster England’s own shipping and economic power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English statute
mercantilist law
navigation act
aimedAt bolstering English shipping
restricting Dutch access to English maritime commerce
restricting foreign access to English trade
strengthening English economic power
beneficiary English merchants
English seamen
English shipowners
context 17th-century European maritime competition
Anglo-Dutch commercial rivalry
contributedTo First Anglo-Dutch War
country England
dateEnacted 1651
economicPolicyType mercantilism
effectOnNetherlands threatened Dutch commercial interests
enactedBy Parliament of England
surface form: English Parliament
geographicScope English trade and colonies
historicalSignificance intensified Anglo-Dutch rivalry in the 1650s
marked a shift toward English maritime supremacy
implementedBy English customs authorities
influenced later English navigation acts
language English
legalStatus Act of Parliament
legalSystem English law
opposedBy Dutch merchants
Dutch States General
surface form: United Provinces of the Netherlands government
policyDomain maritime law
trade regulation
primaryTarget Dutch shipping
Dutch Republic
surface form: United Provinces of the Netherlands
purpose to promote English shipping industry
to secure English control over maritime commerce
to weaken Dutch dominance in carrying trade
relatedTo Navigation Acts
required English-crewed ships for imports into England
English-owned ships for imports into England
restricted Dutch carrying trade with England
use of foreign ships in English trade
sector maritime trade
shipping
timePeriod mid-17th century
underlyingIdea favorable balance of trade
national control of shipping

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Navigation Acts significantEvent Navigation Act of 1651 targeting Dutch shipping