USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1806 France prohibited all neutral trade with Great Britain and in 1807 Great Britain banned trade between France, her allies, and the Americas.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The warring nations of Britain and France both imposed trade restrictions in order to weaken each other’s economies. These restrictions also disrupted American trade and threatened American neutrality. As time went on, British harassment of American ships increased.

Detailed explanation-4: -The British Admiralty declared a naval blockade of the Chesapeake and Delaware bays in December 1812. By February 1813 Britain began enforcing the blockade with warships. The blockade was extended from New York to New Orleans that May, further restricting American trade with foreign markets.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1807, British Orders in Council mandate that US ships dock in British ports and pay a British tax before trading with any part of Europe under Napoleon’s control (compare with Navigation Acts). French seize American ships bound for or leaving England.