feb 5, 1810 - Macon Act

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Aimed at resuming peaceful trade with Britain
and France, the act stipulated that if either Britain or France repealed its trade restrictions, the United States would reinstate the embargo against the nonrepealing nation. When Napoleon offered to lift his restrictions on British ports, the United States was forced
to declare an embargo on Britain, thereby pushing the two nations closer toward war

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