supression of american trade/impressment and the embargo act of 1807

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supression of american trade/impressment and the embargo act of 1807

British Rule of 1756

-Broken voyange: American vessels carried sugar from the west indies to American ports and then re-exported it as american produce

American Response:

any trade closed in peacetime cannot be reopened during war

Orders in Council

the french and british destroyed U.S ships

HURT U.S TRADE!!

-The continential system: said that ships obeying Birtish regulations will be subject to seizure by France

Napoleon's Response:

British regulation which established a blockade of French ports in europe

The Embargo act of 1807

-fell hardest in New England, forced diversion towards manufacturing

hurt American seamen, merchants, and farmers

-Napoleon seized ships and claimed he was enforcing the embargo act

-allowed American ships to be blown off course into European ports

LOTS OF LOOPHOLES:

British was not affected (ports in South America)

Advocated as a means of peacable coercion

Prohibited vessels from leaving American ports to go to foreign ports

Impressment

Jefferson Outraged

British warship attacked USS Chesapeake and forced surrender-- seized deserters

The chesapeake affair:

USS Constitution and USS Chesapeake were abused by this

Royal Navy deserters would get aboard U.S ships, the British would come and get them but take U.S itizens as well if they couldn't prove it with a ertifiate of citizenship