Calico controversy - Calico

...the general term for the British Acts of 1700 and 1720 that restricted and prohibited the import of Indian cotton cloth by the East India Company. At the end of the 17th century, the British East India Company dramatically increased its imports of Indian cotton cloth, putting pressure on the traditional woolen textile industry and the silk weaving industry in Spitalfields, which became a political issue (the Calico Controversy). The controversy was not limited to Parliament, and large-scale demonstrations against the import of calico were repeated outside the House of Commons. In 1700, the import of printed cotton cloth was banned from the standpoint of protecting domestic textile manufacturers, and the 1720 Act further prohibited the import of all cotton cloth except for that for re-export, and even prohibited the use of most cotton cloth after the end of 1722.

*Some of the terminology used in relation to the "calico controversy" is listed below.

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…東インド会社によるインド産綿布の輸入を制限･禁止した1700年および20年のイギリスの法令の総称。17世紀末，イギリス東インド会社がインド綿布の輸入を激増させたために，伝統産業である毛織物工業やスピタルフィールズの絹織物業を圧迫し，政治問題化した(キャラコ論争)。論争は議会内にとどまらず，院外でも大規模なキャラコ輸入反対デモが繰り返されたため，1700年，国内の繊維業者保護の見地から捺染済み綿布の輸入が禁止され，さらに1720年法は，再輸出用以外のすべての綿布輸入を禁じたうえ，22年末以降のほとんどの綿布の使用をさえ禁止した。…

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