MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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to stop American merchant ships from avoiding taxes
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to stop Britain and France from fighting
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to stop Britain and France from seizing American merchant ships
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to stop trade with European countries
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Detailed explanation-1: -The diplomatic neutrality of the United States was tested during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Embargo Act, Legislation by the U.S. Congress in December 1807 that closed U.S. ports to all exports and restricted imports from Britain. The act was Pres. Thomas Jefferson’s response to British and French interference with neutral U.S. merchant ships during the Napoleonic Wars.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thomas Jefferson had Congress pass the Embargo Act of 1807 because he wanted to try to stop the British and French seizure of American ships. Jefferson believed that the only way to stay out of the war was to shut down shipping.
Detailed explanation-4: -Embargo Act, (1807), U.S. Pres. Thomas Jefferson’s nonviolent resistance to British and French molestation of U.S. merchant ships carrying, or suspected of carrying, war materials and other cargoes to European belligerents during the Napoleonic Wars.