The 1650s: Britain's Decade Without a Crown
Dan Snow's History Hit
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What's the Difference Between the Republic and the Spanish?
In the mid 16 fifties, Cromwell sent an expedition to take hispaniola from the spanish. It's really the beginning of colonialism as opposet a sort of trade expansionism. The navigation act is passed, which says only british ships can carry produce to places that we've got trading or colonial outposts. And that just becomes a kind of bit of legislation that actually transforms the impact, if you like, of international expansion in other places,. into india and so on.
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