Broad Arrow Policy
1691 English policy reserving colonial trees
The Broad Arrow Policy was a policy implemented by the English Crown in 1691 to preserve tall trees in England's North American colonies which were of critical use for the Royal Navy. It applied to Massachusetts from 1691. It was extended to New Hampshire (1698); New England, New York, and New Jersey (1711); and Nova Scotia (1721). Colonial sentiment was largely opposed to the policy and it was one of the grievances that led to the American Revolution.