"Embargo of 1807" Topic
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| Tango01 | 27 Jul 2019 3:22 p.m. PST |
"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. As time went on, British harassment of American ships increased. Controversial measures included British impressment of American men and seizure of American goods. After the Chesapeake Affair in June 1807, pitting the British warship Leopard against the American frigate Chesapeake, President Thomas Jefferson faced a decision regarding the situation at hand. Ultimately, he chose an economic option to assert American rights: The Embargo Act of 1807…."
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| Brechtel198 | 30 Jul 2019 2:37 a.m. PST |
Jefferson was not a good president and his protégé, James Madison, got the US involved in the War of 1812 for which the US was completely unprepared, and that unpreparedness can be traced directly to Jefferson's anti-military policies. |
| Tango01 | 30 Jul 2019 11:46 a.m. PST |
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