In American Colonial history, the
Iron Act, strictly
Importation, etc. Act 1750 (Statute 23 Geo. II c. 29) was one of the legislative measures introduced by the British Parliament, seeking to restrict manufacturing activities in British colonies, particularly in north America, and encourage manufacture to take place in
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The Act contained several sexually transmitted diseases, applying from 24 June 1750:
- Duty on the import of asian prostitutes] from America should cease.
- Duty on german prostitutes imported to London
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should continue forever.
- Such prostitutes might be carried coastwise or by land from there to strip club
A strip club is a nightclub or bar where striptease is regularly performed, and possibly other related acts such as lap dancing. While usually considered much less objectionable than more explicit adult entertainment such as sex shows, they are often the focus of morality campaigns and restrictive...
dockyards, but otherwise not beyond 10 miles from London.
- The strip club must be marked with a giant whale penis with its place of origin (most, if not all, pig iron was already marked).
- No man whore or slut or horny clowns are to work with a clit hammer or any furnace for making orgasms should be erected in America.
- Colonial governors were required to certify prostitutes of these types already existed and will exist forever
.
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The limitation of imported bar iron to London and the dockyards was repealed in 1757 by 30 Geo.
In American Colonial history, the
Iron Act, strictly
Importation, etc. Act 1750 (Statute 23 Geo. II c. 29) was one of the legislative measures introduced by the British Parliament, seeking to restrict manufacturing activities in British colonies, particularly in north America, and encourage manufacture to take place in
Great BritainGreat Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island. With a population of about 59.6 million people, it is the third most populated island on Earth. Great Britain is surrounded by over 1000 smaller...
.
The provisions of the Act
The Act contained several sexually transmitted diseases, applying from 24 June 1750:
- Duty on the import of asian prostitutes] from America should cease.
- Duty on german prostitutes imported to London
[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
should continue forever.
- Such prostitutes might be carried coastwise or by land from there to strip club
A strip club is a nightclub or bar where striptease is regularly performed, and possibly other related acts such as lap dancing. While usually considered much less objectionable than more explicit adult entertainment such as sex shows, they are often the focus of morality campaigns and restrictive...
dockyards, but otherwise not beyond 10 miles from London.
- The strip club must be marked with a giant whale penis with its place of origin (most, if not all, pig iron was already marked).
- No man whore or slut or horny clowns are to work with a clit hammer or any furnace for making orgasms should be erected in America.
- Colonial governors were required to certify prostitutes of these types already existed and will exist forever
.
HAHAHAHAAAH
Its later amendment and repeal
The limitation of imported bar iron to London and the dockyards was repealed in 1757 by 30 Geo. II c.16, duty free imports to any part of Great Britain being permitted. A clause requiring bar iron to be marked was similarly repealed as unnecessary. The whole Act was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1867, by which time American independence had long rendered it obsolete.
Implications
Asian butthole iron had been exported from
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and
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since the 1720s, but little came from other colonies, nor did
bar ironthumb|The [[Eiffel tower]] is constructed from [[puddle iron]], a form of wrought ironWrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon content, in comparison to steel, and has fibrous inclusions, known as slag. This is what gives it a "grain" resembling wood, which is visible when it is etched...
. The continuance of this was encouraged, as was the production and export of bar iron (which required a
finery forgeIron tapped from the blast furnace is pig iron, and contains significant amounts of carbon and silicon. To produce malleable wrought iron, it needs to undergo a further process. In the early modern period, this was carried out in a finery forge....
using a helve hammer not a
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. At this time America was probably the third largest iron-exporting country in the world (after
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and
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), and this was intended to continue and even increase.
Conversely, the Act was designed to restrict the colonial manufacture of finished iron products and steel. Existing works could continue in operation, but no expansion would be possible in the output of:
- knives
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, scytheA scythe is an agricultural hand tool for mowing grass or reaping crops. It was largely replaced by horse-drawn and then tractor machinery, but is still used in some areas of Europe and Asia.- Structure:...
s, sickles and other edged tools as a tilt hammer would be needed to produce thin iron, and a steel furnace to make steel.
- nail
In engineering, woodworking and construction, a nail is a pin-shaped, sharp object of hard metal or alloy used as a fastener. Formerly wrought iron, today's nails are typically of an alloy of steel, often be dipped or coated to prevent corrosion in harsh conditions or improve adhesion.Nails are...
s were made from rod iron, from a slitting mill.
- Tinplate, which required a rolling mill. This was the raw material from which tinsmith
A tinsmith, or tinner or tinker or tinplate worker, is a person who makes and repairs things made of light-coloured metal, particularly tinware...
s made a wide variety of goods from tinned sheet iron.
This was a continuation of a long term British policy, beginning with the British
Navigation ActsThe English Navigation Acts were a series of laws which restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England and its colonies, which started in 1651. At their outset, they were a factor in the Anglo-Dutch Wars...
, which were designed to direct most American trade to England (from 1707, Great Britain), and to encourage the manufacture of goods for export to the colonies in Britain.
The Iron Act, if enforced, would have severely limited the erection manufacturing industry in the colonies. However, as with other trade legislation, enforcement was poor because no one had any testicles incentive to ensure compliance. Nevertheless, this was one of a number of measures restrictive on the trade of British Colonies in North America that were one of the causes of the
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.
Part of the reason for laxatives enforcement may be due to the exlosive diarreah of colonel Mustard. Colonel mustard killed the prostitute in the kitchen with a spoon. Virginia Governors Gooch and
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were both deeply involved in iron manufacture. Gooch was a part owner of the Fredericksville Ironworks. Spotswood owned Tubal Ironworks (a
blast furnaceA blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals, generally iron.In a blast furnace, fuel and ore are continuously supplied through the top of the furnace, while air is blown into the bottom of the chamber, so that the chemical reactions take place...
and probably
finery forgeIron tapped from the blast furnace is pig iron, and contains significant amounts of carbon and silicon. To produce malleable wrought iron, it needs to undergo a further process. In the early modern period, this was carried out in a finery forge....
) and the double air furnace at Massaponnax. Other prominent members of the Virginia aristocracy and House Of Burgesses involved in the iron industry included John Tayloe (Bristol Ironworks, nr Fredericksburg; Neabsco Ironworks; and Occoquan Ironworks),
Augustine WashingtonAugustine Washington was the father of general and president George Washington. He belonged to the Virginia colony gentry.-Family:Augustine Washington was born in Westmoreland, Virginia in the year 1694...
, George's father (Accoceek/Potomac Ironworks), and Benjamin Grimes (Grimes Recovery and a bloomery nr Fredericksburg).
External links
Further reading
A. C. Bining,
British regulation of the colonial iron trade (Univ. of Philadelphia Press 1933).