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 First Navigation Act ⓘ
linked to: Navigation Act 1651
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
English colonies ⓘ
English overseas possessions ⓘ
associatedWith Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
economicPolicy mercantilism ⓘ
enactedUnder 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 (England) ⓘ
linked to: Interregnum
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 British Navigation Acts ⓘ
linked to: Navigation Act 1651

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 of 1651 ⓘ
linked to: Navigation Act 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 of 1651 ⓘ
linked to: Navigation Act 1651
Navigation Act 1651 → partOf → British Navigation Acts ⓘ
linked to: Navigation Act 1651
Navigation Act 1651 → title → Navigation Act of 1651 ⓘ
linked to: Navigation Act 1651
Navigation Act 1651 → alsoKnownAs → First Navigation Act ⓘ
linked to: Navigation Act 1651
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 → English Navigation Act of 1651 ⓘ
linked to: Navigation Act 1651
Second Navigation Act → follows → Navigation Act of 1651 ⓘ
linked to: Navigation Act 1651
Second Navigation Act → relatedTo → Navigation Act of 1651 ⓘ
linked to: Navigation Act 1651
British Navigation Acts → significantEvent → first Navigation Act of 1651 ⓘ
linked to: Navigation Act 1651
British Navigation Acts → hasPart → Navigation Act 1651 ⓘ
Battle of Dover (1652) → cause → English Navigation Act of 1651 ⓘ
linked to: Navigation Act 1651
First Dutch War → relatedTo → Navigation Acts of 1651 ⓘ
linked to: Navigation Act 1651