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British Navigation Acts and mercantile legislation (1651-1784)

British Navigation Acts and mercantile legislation (1651-1784)

  1. Commonwealth passes Navigation Act of 1651

    Labels: Navigation Act, Commonwealth England

  2. Navigation Act of 1660 reenacts and expands rules

    Labels: Navigation Act, Restoration Parliament

  3. Staple Act of 1663 channels colonial imports

    Labels: Staple Act, Parliament

  4. Plantation Duty Act of 1673 targets loopholes

    Labels: Plantation Duty, Parliament

  5. Plantation Trade Act of 1696 strengthens enforcement

    Labels: Plantation Trade, Parliament

  8. Hat Act limits colonial hat manufacturing

    Labels: Hat Act, Parliament

  9. Molasses Act taxes non-British Caribbean imports

    Labels: Molasses Act, Parliament

  10. Iron Act encourages raw iron, blocks finished goods

    Labels: Iron Act, Parliament

  11. Sugar Act of 1764 revives duties and enforcement

    Labels: Sugar Act, Parliament

  12. Currency Act of 1764 restricts colonial paper money

    Labels: Currency Act, Parliament

  14. Tea Act of 1773 restructures tea trade

    Labels: Tea Act, East India

  15. Board of Trade abolished amid postwar restructuring

    Labels: Board of, Parliament

  16. Commutation Act of 1784 cuts tea tax, curbs smuggling

    Labels: Commutation Act, William Pitt