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The Navigation Acts were a series of laws passed by the English Parliament, starting in 1651, to regulate colonial trade and bolster Britain's mercantilist economy. These acts restricted colonial trade to English ships and mandated that certain valuable colonial goods be shipped only to England or other English colonies. Ultimately, stricter enforcement in the 1760s and the economic hardship they caused contributed to growing tensions that led to the American Revolution. -
Fort Necessity was a small, hastily built fort constructed by a young George Washington in 1754 near modern-day Farmington, Pennsylvania. It was the site of the first battle of the French and Indian War