... to stay in control of the market unless European Parliament intervined. In 1651 the European parliament enacted the first Navigation Act to undercut the Dutches domination. England was hoping that this Act would exclude the Dutch from trade with the English and force its own merchant marine ... on doing away with the act, but revising it. The Navigation Act of 1660 was a restatement of the 1651 act, but it also established a list of items including: tobacco, cotton, wool, and indigo, that couldn't be shipped outside of the British empire (Barck and Lefler). This Act made the english colo...

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... and economically, setting the stage for British India, and allowing the company to be the most powerful economic force that had ever been created. The British East India Company started of as a simple trading company in London. The original founders were 218 knights and merchants of London. The company received their charter from Queen Elizabeth 1st on December 31st in 1600. Queen Elizabeth ... nations that rivaled for the trade market. It was a military victory that allowed the imperialism of India, by the company, to occur. In 1757 at the Battle of Plassey was where the military geniu...

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