7 maio 1809 ano - Commercial Warfare: Nonintercourse Act & Macon’s Bill No. 2

Descrição:

The same European complications that had flooded Jefferson’s last term dominated Madison’s presidency as well. Madison pursued a mixture of diplomacy and economic pressure, as did Jefferson, to comply with the Napoleonic Wars. He finally consented, apart from Jefferson, to take the United States to war. The Embargo Act which forbade American trading ships from leaving the U.S. was replaced with the Non-Intercourse Act (1809). Except for those compelled for British or French ports, this Act lifted all export restrictions on American shipping. Its goal was to damage Britain's and France's economies. It was largely unsuccessful, like its precursor, the Embargo Act, and led to the coming of the War of 1812. Another law accepted in a sequence of unsuccessful, ineffective laws was Macon's Bill Number 2 (1810). This law was designed to avoid the capture of US ships by France and Britain. The US stated that unless a certain country agreed neutrally, it would trade with the country that stops attacking and ceases trade with the other country. In hopes of ruining the British economy, the law was enacted but instead caused an entanglement with France, Britain, and the United States.

Adicionado na linha do tempo:

Data: