NEW ENGLAND RESTRAINING ACT (1775). An Act to restrain the Trade and Commerce of the Provinces of Massachuset's Bay and New Hampshire, and Colonies of Connecticut, and Rhode Island, and Providence Plantation, in North America, to Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Islands in the West Indies; and to prohibit such Provinces and Colonies from carrying on any Fishery on the banks of Newfoundland, or other Places therein mentioned, under certain Conditions and Limitations. Also known as the FIRST RESTRAINING ACT (1775).

AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Great Britain. Parliament.

Edité par London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1775

Folio (12 inches). 15 George III, Chapter 10. General title leaf + pages 295-307. Woodcut Royal coat of arms, headband, and decorative initial. Text in Black Letter. Neatly extracted from a bound volume and expertly mended. Light tide mark along top edge of a few leaves. The Intolerable Acts of 1774 seriously damaged relations between the American colonies and the British government, and before long the colonists began to boycott British good and organize themselves into militia units independent of British control. In response, the British Parliament passed the New England Restraining Act in 1775 (also known as the First Restraining Act, 1775) which limited New England trade to Great Britain, Ireland and the British West Indies only. It also prohibited the New England colonies from fishing in the waters off Newfoundland and the American Atlantic coast without special permission and documentation. When news reached London that other American colonies were following suit, the Southern Colonies Restraining Act, 1775 (or Second Restraining Act, 1775) was swiftly issued to include New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and South Carolina in the trade restrictions. New York, Delaware, North Carolina, and Georgia were not included because the British government had mistakenly believed that those colonies were opposed to the colonial boycott. N° de réf. du vendeur 227

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Titre : NEW ENGLAND RESTRAINING ACT (1775). An Act ...
Éditeur : London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan
Date d'édition : 1775
Reliure : Soft cover
Etat : Very Good
Edition : 1st Edition