Calico Act 1721

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:affectedIndustry silk industry
cotton industry
wool industry
gptkbp:country gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1721
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:historicalName gptkb:Industrial_Revolution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Calico Act 1721
gptkbp:location gptkb:England
gptkbp:longTitle An Act for the more effectual employing the Poor, by encouraging the Manufactures of this Kingdom
gptkbp:prohibits import of printed cotton textiles
wearing of printed calicoes
gptkbp:purpose to ban the use of printed calicoes in England
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Calico_Act_1700
gptkbp:repealedBy 1774
repealed
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:Calico_Act_1721
gptkbp:subject gptkb:textile_industry
protectionism
trade regulation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Calico_Acts
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7