Navigation Acts, the name given to laws regulating trade and commerce between Great Britain, its colonies, and other parts of the world. The first act, passed in 1651, stipulated that no merchandise was to be carried to England or its colonies except by English ships built and manned by English subjects. The Dutch fishing industry was also affected because the Act stipulated that salt-fish and fish-oil could only be imported or exported from Commonwealth territories in English vessels.
The Navigation Act was one of the few pieces of legislation from the Commonwealth era that continued after the Restoration, when it was actually extended to forbid exports as well as imports in foreign ships. Further Navigation Acts imposing various trade restrictions were passed throughout the colonial period of the 18th century.
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