MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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Jefferson wanted France and Great Britain to respect America’s neutrality in the war in Europe.
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Jefferson wanted to increase international trade.
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Jefferson wanted to place economic stress on France so the US could acquire French lands in North America.
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Jefferson wanted to place economic stress on Great Britain so the US could acquire Florida.
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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: -In a desperate attempt to avert war, the United States imposed an embargo on foreign trade. Jefferson regarded the embargo as an idealistic experiment–a moral alternative to war. He believed that economic coercion would convince Britain and France to respect America’s neutral rights.
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.