Navigation Acts

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
English law
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:British_colonies_in_Africa
gptkb:British_colonies_in_Asia
gptkb:British_colonies_in_the_Caribbean
gptkb:English_colonies_in_America
gptkbp:category gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:Colonial_history_of_the_United_States
17th-century British legislation
18th-century British legislation
gptkbp:consequence contributed to colonial resentment
factor in American Revolution
increased British control over colonial trade
gptkbp:country gptkb:England
gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1651
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:Royal_Navy
British customs officials
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Navigation Acts
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Anglo-Dutch_Wars
mercantilist theory
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:opposedBy American colonists
Dutch merchants
gptkbp:provides certain goods could only be exported to England or its colonies
enumerated goods list
required crews to be mostly English
goods imported to England or its colonies had to be transported on English ships
gptkbp:purpose promote British shipping
regulate colonial trade
restrict use of foreign ships
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Stamp_Act
gptkb:Townshend_Acts
gptkb:Sugar_Act
gptkb:Molasses_Act
gptkb:Salutary_Neglect
mercantilism
gptkbp:repealedBy 1849
gptkbp:status repealed
gptkbp:updated 1660
1673
1663
1696
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:American_colonial_government
gptkb:Anglo-Dutch_Wars
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5