Navigation Acts

plural noun

1. a series of acts of Parliament, the first of which was passed in 1381, that attempted to restrict to English ships the right to carry goods to and from England and its colonies. The attempt to enforce the acts helped cause the War of American Independence

Example Sentences

Nor was there delay in following up the new law, to employ the navy to enforce the Navigation Acts.

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The navigation acts were weapons against the carrying trade.

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The navigation acts fell heavily upon the tobacco planters, who were deprived of the Dutch trade.

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This is made amply clear by the reception accorded one of the few complaints which did actually touch the Navigation Acts.

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Nor is this the only direct testimony that the colonists were filled with bitterness against the Navigation Acts.

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