MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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Question
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After going to war with each other, why did Great Britain and France seize U.S. merchant ships?
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They hoped to force the United States into the war.
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They hoped the United States would become their ally.
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They wanted the United States to pay a ransom for their ships.
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They hoped to prevent the United States from supplying their enemy.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -They wanted to end the British blockade of U.S. ports.
Detailed explanation-2: -After going to war with each other, why did Great Britain and France seize U.S. merchant ships? They hoped to prevent the United States from supplying their enemy.
Detailed explanation-3: -During the Napoleonic Wars, rival nations Britain and France targeted neutral American shipping as a means to disrupt the trade of the other nation. American merchantmen who were trading with “enemy nations” were seized as contraband of war by European navies.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1806 France prohibited all neutral trade with Great Britain and in 1807 Great Britain banned trade between France, her allies, and the Americas.
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