List of the members of Parliament who voted for an act for asserting the Indian & African Company's right to their colony of Caledonia : January 14, 1701.

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List of the members of Parliament who voted for an act for asserting the Indian & African Company's right to their colony of Caledonia : January 14, 1701.

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Advocates for the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies presented this act to Parliament in an effort to confirm the Company's rights, in response to the considerable opposition the Company had faced. This list includes the names of those Parliament members who supported the act, which was ultimately defeated by a counterresolution that was less forth-right and in effect meant the abandonment of the Company.

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The Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies was created by an Act of the Scottish Parliament in Jun 1695. Under this act the Company was granted exclusive privilege of trade between Scotland and America, and perpetual monopoly of trade with Asia and Africa. It was authorised to arm and equip its ships as it saw fit, and was allowed to plant colonies in localities in Asia, Africa and America with no prior European settlement. In addition, the Company was exempt from all ...