THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
THE MONROE DOCTRINE
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Great Britain and France were at war with each other and didn’t want supplies to get to their enemy
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Great Britain and France were trying to cooperate with each other to gain an advantage in trade
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Great Britain and France were fearful of superior products from the U.S. outselling products from their own countries
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Great Britain and France were retaliating against the U.S. for hijacking European ships on the Atlantic Ocean
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Detailed explanation-1: -Great Britain continued to stop American merchant ships to search for Royal Navy deserters, to impress American seamen on the high seas into the Royal Navy, and to enforce its blockade of neutral commerce.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -From 1803 to 1807, the British seized 528 American flag ships for failing to comply with British regulations. This license, signed by King George III, was intended to protect the United States merchant ship Fame from being added to that number.
Detailed explanation-4: -If American merchants were going to trade with France’s enemies, France was going to treat them like enemies. French privateers began seizing U.S. merchant ships trading with Britain and its colonies, even boldly taking ships in American waters along the Eastern Seaboard.
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.