Parliamentary Act. Reign of George III

An Act to prohibit all Trade and Intercourse with the Colonies of New Hampshire, Massachuset's Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pensylvania, the Three Lower Counties on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, during the Continuance of the present Rebellion within the said Colonies respectively [drop title]. London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1776

Folio (299 x 200 mm). Woodcut arms of Great Britain, woodcut factotum te🥂xt in black letter and roman type; light text browning. Disbound.

The December 1775 Prohibitory Act, a final attempt to crush the Revolution by economic sanctions. The act outlawed American trade with foreign nations. All American ships (regardless of the owner's political sympathies) were to be considered enemy vessels that could be captured by the British Navy and declared prizes of war, their cargoes sold 𒆙to the highest bidder. Declaring the colonists to be rebels and outlaws, the act removed the colonies from the King's protection. 

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