British Navigation Acts

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English statute law colonial trade regulation mercantilist trade legislation

The British Navigation Acts were a series of 17th–18th century mercantilist laws that regulated colonial trade to favor English shipping and economic interests.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
British Navigation Acts canonical	2
English Navigation Acts	2
British Navigation Acts system	1

Statements (78)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English statute law ⓘ colonial trade regulation ⓘ mercantilist trade legislation ⓘ
appliesTo	English merchants ⓘ colonial merchants ⓘ shipowners in the British Empire ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ British West Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ English colonies in America ⓘ English possessions in Africa ⓘ English possessions in Asia ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
endTime	1849 ⓘ
hasEffect	channeled colonial raw materials to English industries ⓘ contributed to tensions between Britain and American colonies ⓘ encouraged smuggling in the American colonies ⓘ increased dependence of colonies on English markets ⓘ limited colonial manufacturing ⓘ raised shipping costs for colonial traders ⓘ restricted colonial trade with France ⓘ restricted colonial trade with Spain ⓘ restricted colonial trade with the Dutch Republic ⓘ strengthened English merchant marine ⓘ supported growth of British naval power ⓘ
hasPart	Molasses Act 1733 NERFINISHED ⓘ Navigation Act 1651 NERFINISHED ⓘ Navigation Act 1660 NERFINISHED ⓘ Navigation Act 1673 NERFINISHED ⓘ Navigation Act 1696 NERFINISHED ⓘ Staple Act 1663 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sugar Act 1764 NERFINISHED ⓘ Tea Act 1773 NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Age of Mercantilism NERFINISHED ⓘ British colonial era ⓘ
inception	1651 ⓘ
influenced	causes of the American Revolution ⓘ economic policies in the British Empire ⓘ
influencedBy	Anglo-Dutch commercial rivalry ⓘ English Civil War era politics ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalRequirement	certain goods had to be shipped in English or colonial-built ships ⓘ enumerated goods had to be shipped first to an English port ⓘ ship crews had to be predominantly English or colonial ⓘ ships had to be owned by English or colonial subjects ⓘ some imports to colonies had to come via England ⓘ
mainSubject	British Empire economy NERFINISHED ⓘ colonial trade ⓘ mercantilism ⓘ shipping regulation ⓘ
opposedBy	American colonial merchants ⓘ Dutch merchants ⓘ some British free-trade advocates ⓘ
politicalAlignment	mercantilist economic theory ⓘ
purpose	to ensure colonial products flowed through English ports ⓘ to exclude rival European powers from colonial commerce ⓘ to promote English shipping ⓘ to restrict colonial trade to English and colonial ships ⓘ to secure a favorable balance of trade for England ⓘ
regulates	direct trade between colonies and foreign countries ⓘ export of colonial enumerated goods ⓘ import of European goods into colonies ⓘ use of foreign ships in English trade ⓘ
repealedBy	Merchant Shipping Act 1854 NERFINISHED ⓘ Navigation Act 1849 NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	Molasses Act of 1733 NERFINISHED ⓘ Navigation Act of 1660 NERFINISHED ⓘ Navigation Act of 1673 NERFINISHED ⓘ Navigation Act of 1696 NERFINISHED ⓘ Staple Act of 1663 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sugar Act of 1764 NERFINISHED ⓘ Tea Act of 1773 NERFINISHED ⓘ first Navigation Act of 1651 NERFINISHED ⓘ repeal of most Navigation Acts in 1849 ⓘ revisions after the Restoration of Charles II ⓘ
supportedBy	English merchant interests ⓘ English shipbuilders ⓘ Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Navigation Act 1673 → partOf → British Navigation Acts ⓘ

Second Anglo-Dutch War → cause → British Navigation Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Navigation Acts

New England rum industry → regulatedBy → British Navigation Acts ⓘ

Molasses Act 1733 → partOf → British Navigation Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Navigation Acts system

Baltic Sea trade routes → affectedBy → British Navigation Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Navigation Acts