Question

Why do you think the Act was called the Calico Act? What does the name tell us about the kind of textiles the Act wanted to ban?




class 8​

Answer 1

Answer:

The Calico cloth was referred to the cloth made in Calicut.  

The Calico Acts were passed in 1690–1721. They came into being mainly because of the threat caused to the domestic English textile industry from the Indian and Chinese textile imports.  

The Calico cloth generally referred to the printed cotton textiles – chintz