Events with tag - Trade Restrictions

October 9, 1651

Navigation Acts of 1651

The Navigation Acts of 1651 were groundbreaking English maritime laws that required all colonial trade to flow through English ports using English ships, fundamentally transforming the economic relationship between Britain and its American colonies.

July 26, 1941

US Oil Embargo Against Japan

President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order implementing a complete oil embargo against Japan and freezing Japanese assets in the United States. This action was taken in response to Japan's military expansion in Asia and occupation of French Indochina.