Pig iron. however. was allowed to go to Great Britain to be manufactured and sent back again. Lord Chatham declared that he would not permit the colonies to make a hobnalil. To prevent the establishment of manufactories there was a. prohibition of the immigration of artisans of woolen machinery. of cotton machinery. and artificers in cotton. of iron and steel making machinery. and workmen in thos e departments of trade. In 1709 there was a prohibition of the export of colliers lest other countties. and particularly the colonies. should acquire the art of mining coal. Of these parliamentary acts Thomas Jefferson spoke in earnest condemnation. characterizing themAn instance of despotism to which no parallel can be produced in the most arbitrary ages of British history.
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