Iron Act

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:British_America
gptkbp:category gptkb:History_of_the_Thirteen_Colonies
gptkb:Economic_history_of_the_United_States
English law
gptkbp:citation 23 Geo. II c. 29
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1750
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Iron Act
gptkbp:longTitle An Act to encourage the importation of pig and bar iron from His Majesty's Colonies in America, and to prevent the erection of any mill or other engine for slitting or rolling of iron, or any plating forge to work with a tilt hammer, or any furnace for making steel, in any of the said colonies.
gptkbp:purpose To encourage the importation of raw iron from the American colonies to Great Britain
To restrict the manufacture of finished iron goods in the American colonies
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Colonial_America
gptkb:Navigation_Acts
gptkbp:repealedBy 1867
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:Iron_Act
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hat_Law
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7