Tonnage and Poundage Act 1660
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The Tonnage and Poundage Act 1660 was a Restoration-era English law that granted the Crown long-term customs revenues on imports and exports, helping to stabilize royal finances after the return of Charles II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tonnage and Poundage Act 1660 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4557560 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tonnage and Poundage Act 1660 Context triple: [Convention Parliament, passedAct, Tonnage and Poundage Act 1660]
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A.
Navigation Act 1663
The Navigation Act 1663 was an English mercantile law that tightened control over colonial trade by requiring that most goods bound for the American colonies be shipped through England first, reinforcing the economic dominance of the mother country.
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B.
Navigation Act 1660
The Navigation Act 1660 was a key English mercantile law that restricted colonial trade to English ships and markets, strengthening England’s control over its empire and laying groundwork for later colonial tensions.
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C.
Navigation Act 1696
The Navigation Act 1696 was a British law that strengthened imperial control over colonial trade by tightening enforcement of earlier Navigation Acts and expanding customs regulations in the American colonies.
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D.
Navigation Act 1651
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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E.
Navigation Act 1673
The Navigation Act 1673 was an English law that strengthened mercantilist control over colonial trade by requiring that certain goods be shipped through England and carried on English or colonial vessels.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tonnage and Poundage Act 1660 Target entity description: The Tonnage and Poundage Act 1660 was a Restoration-era English law that granted the Crown long-term customs revenues on imports and exports, helping to stabilize royal finances after the return of Charles II.
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A.
Navigation Act 1663
The Navigation Act 1663 was an English mercantile law that tightened control over colonial trade by requiring that most goods bound for the American colonies be shipped through England first, reinforcing the economic dominance of the mother country.
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B.
Navigation Act 1660
The Navigation Act 1660 was a key English mercantile law that restricted colonial trade to English ships and markets, strengthening England’s control over its empire and laying groundwork for later colonial tensions.
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C.
Navigation Act 1696
The Navigation Act 1696 was a British law that strengthened imperial control over colonial trade by tightening enforcement of earlier Navigation Acts and expanding customs regulations in the American colonies.
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D.
Navigation Act 1651
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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E.
Navigation Act 1673
The Navigation Act 1673 was an English law that strengthened mercantilist control over colonial trade by requiring that certain goods be shipped through England and carried on English or colonial vessels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of England
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customs law ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
exports
ⓘ
imports ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
England
ⓘ
English overseas trade ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Restoration of Charles II in 1660
ⓘ
linked to:
Restoration of the monarchy
|
| beneficiary | English royal government ⓘ |
| chronology | followed the Interregnum and Commonwealth period ⓘ |
| collectionAuthority | royal customs officials ⓘ |
| collectionMethod | levied at ports ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1660 ⓘ |
| domain |
maritime trade
ⓘ
overseas commerce ⓘ |
| economicEffect | provided regular income from imports and exports ⓘ |
| enactedBy | Parliament of England ⓘ |
| enactedUnderMonarch | Charles II of England ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
public finance
ⓘ
taxation ⓘ trade regulation ⓘ |
| grantedTo | the Crown ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
helped re-establish the financial basis of the restored monarchy
ⓘ
illustrated Parliamentary control over taxation ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | statute ⓘ |
| legalSystem | English common law ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
customs revenues
ⓘ
poundage duties ⓘ tonnage duties ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
Restoration of the monarchy in 1660
ⓘ
early reign of Charles II ⓘ |
| predecessor | earlier tonnage and poundage grants to English monarchs ⓘ |
| purpose |
to grant long-term customs revenues to the Crown
ⓘ
to stabilize royal finances after the Restoration ⓘ |
| reasonForEnactment | need to secure stable revenue for Charles II after his restoration ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
English customs system
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Parliamentary grant of supply ⓘ royal revenue ⓘ |
| revenueType |
poundage (ad valorem customs duties)
ⓘ
tonnage (duties on shipping tonnage) ⓘ |
| taxBase |
ship tonnage
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value of goods traded ⓘ |
| temporalContext | Restoration era ⓘ |
| typeOfTax |
customs duty
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indirect tax ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tonnage and Poundage Act 1660 Description of subject: The Tonnage and Poundage Act 1660 was a Restoration-era English law that granted the Crown long-term customs revenues on imports and exports, helping to stabilize royal finances after the return of Charles II.
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