MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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Both demanded a yearly tribute from the United States.
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Both impressed American sailors into the service of their navies.
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Both captured American ships bound for Europe.
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Both used an embargo to restrict American economic growth.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following is a way that both Britain and France disregarded American neutrality? Both demanded a yearly tribute from the United States. Both impressed American sailors into the service of their navies.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following is a way that BOTH Britain and France disregarded American neutrality? British and French navies seized American ships.
Detailed explanation-3: -Since 1803 the British navy had forcibly drafted approximately 6, 000 American merchant sailors into its service. This practice of “impressment” violated America’s neutrality and the rights of its citizens.
Detailed explanation-4: -The French were infuriated by Jay’s Treaty, believing it violated earlier treaties between the United States and France; as a result, they went on to seize a substantial number of American merchant ships.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.