The Rump Parliament passes the Navigation Act of 1651, requiring all imported goods to be carried in English ships or in ships flying the flag of national origin from which the goods come from. This act is intended to curtail the rising Dutch commercial trade.
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References:
Winston Churchill, A History of the English Speaking Peoples, four volumes, (New York: Dorset Press, 1956-59), 2:301.
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