Navigation Acts — The English Navigation Acts were a series of laws that restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England (after 1707 Great Britain) and its colonies, a process which had started in 1651. Their goal was to force colonial development … Wikipedia
Navigation Acts — A series of mercantilist provisions designed to protect English shipping, as well as to secure huge profits at the cost of colonies. English customs practices aimed at the Dutch in 1651 had banned foreign vessels from shipping goods from non… … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914
Navigation Acts — Die Navigationsakte (gebräuchliche Übersetzung von engl. Navigation Acts = Navigationsgesetz oder Schifffahrtsgesetz) war ein Gesetzesbeschluss des englischen Parlaments vom 9. Oktober 1651 zur Regulierung von Schifffahrt und Seehandel. Sie wurde … Deutsch Wikipedia
Navigation Acts — English laws in the 17th–18th centuries that required the use of English or colonial ships to carry English trade. The laws were designed to encourage English shipbuilding and restrict trade competition from England s commercial rivals,… … Universalium
Navigation Acts — Actes de Navigation Les Actes de Navigation, sont une série de textes du parlement britannique, promulgués par Cromwell à partir de 1651 à la suite du refus que firent les Provinces Unies de s allier à l Angleterre, alors en république. Plusieurs … Wikipédia en Français
Navigation Acts — /nævəˈgeɪʃən ækts/ (say navuh gayshuhn akts) plural noun a series of acts, the first of which was passed in 1651, aiming at the expansion of British trade and the establishment of Britain as the supreme naval power …
Navigation Acts — Sy Poulett Thomson s speech on, 17. E Their disastrous effect on Canadian development, 38 39; Legislature passes address praying for repeal of, 45; repealed in 1849, 83 … The makers of Canada
Navigation Act — Eng. Hist. any of several acts of Parliament between 1651 and 1847 designed primarily to expand British trade and limit trade by British colonies with countries that were rivals of Great Britain. * * * … Universalium
Navigation Act — Eng. Hist. any of several acts of Parliament between 1651 and 1847 designed primarily to expand British trade and limit trade by British colonies with countries that were rivals of Great Britain … Useful english dictionary
Townshend Acts — Charles Townshend spearheaded the Townshend Acts, but died before their detrimental effects became apparent. The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in… … Wikipedia
Intolerable Acts — This cartoon depicting the Intolerable Acts as an assault upon a Native American woman (a symbol of the American colonies) was copied and distributed in North America The Intolerable Acts or the Coercive Acts are names used to describe a series… … Wikipedia
