Navigation Act
October 9, 1651
The Rump Parliament passed an act requiring goods imported to England or its colonies to arrive in English ships or in ships of the country of origin. Aimed at Dutch carrying trade, it provoked the first Anglo-Dutch War and set a template for mercantilist empire that would last two centuries.
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Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.