USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Even as late as June 1775, Thomas Jefferson said that he would “rather be in dependence on Great Britain, properly limited, than on any nation upon earth, or than on no nation.” But this favorable relationship began to face serious challenges in the wake of the Seven Years’ War.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the early eighteen hundreds, Britain and France were at war with each other. The United States remained neutral. President Jefferson did not want to become involved in a war. He believed it would destroy all the progress he had made.

Detailed explanation-3: -"I do not believe war the most certain means of enforcing principles. Those peaceable coercions which are in the power of every nation, if undertaken in concert and in time of peace, are more likely to produce the desired effect.”–Thomas Jefferson to Robert Livingston, 1801.

Detailed explanation-4: -Jefferson had two crucial diplomatic objectives in mind. First, he wanted to persuade the British to stop impressment, the practice of forcing American sailors to serve aboard British naval vessels. Second, he wanted to resolve the issue of neutral trading rights for American merchant ships.