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various but often disjointed efforts by the court of Queen Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603) to develop a naval and merchant fleet capable of challenging the Spanish stranglehold on trade and of expanding the growth of bullion at home. Queen Elizabeth promoted trade and navigation acts in Parliament and issued orders to her navy for the protection and promotion of English shipping. The first Navigation Acts regulating trade were passed by Parliament in 1651 and

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