What were some results of the Calico Acts (1700)?
a) They protected British cotton weavers at the expense of competing Indian weavers.
b) They put many British weavers out of work but enriched British colonials who controlled the Indian weavers.
Consider This: The policy of the British on calico was classically mercantilist. See 7.1.1: A Very British Creation.
c) They allowed calico to be woven in India, but required that it be tailored into clothes only in Britain.
Consider This: The policy of the British on calico was classically mercantilist. See 7.1.1: A Very British Creation.
d) They significantly lowered the tariff on Indian cotton, making it widely available to clothe poorer English people.
Consider This: The policy of the British on calico was classically mercantilist. See 7.1.1: A Very British Creation.
a) They protected British cotton weavers at the expense of competing Indian weavers.
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