A Comparison Of The War Between France And The Embargo Act Of 1803

After all, the nation declared war against the British in 1812 for a list of grievances many are aware of, but Hill’s in depth look indicates that the United States served as one of Great Britain’s greatest trade partners. Losing the battle of Trafalgar in 1805 at the hands of Admiral Lord Nelson and the British Royal Navy was a pivotal loss for the French empire. After losing, the significant naval battle ensured that Napoleon would abandon any hope of invading the British Isles, and the Royal Navy’s maritime supremacy went unchallenged by Napoleon for the remainder of their ten-year war. Because of this naval defeat, Napoleon’s only hope of conquering the British rested in depleting their export-dependent economy.

The embargo Act took place during 1807. This act made any and every export illegal in the United States. This act was introduced by the third President of the United States, President Thomas Jefferson. The act was enacted by Congress of the United States. The main goal of the Embargo Act was to get Britian and France to respect all rights of Americans.

Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of the United States, was hugely significant in the passing of the Constitution, while also serving as the first treasurer of the United States. He was a publisher of The Federalist Papers, as well as a co-founder of the New York Post. An avid Federalist leader, he pushed for an increase in federal power and the ratification of the Constitution. However, Hamilton made his largest impact in the economic field of American politics. Hamilton was the primary impetus for the creation of the national bank, which was instituted in the late 18th century in order to organize the financial affairs of the nation.

These acts were passed to prevent America from entering the war with European countries. The Embargo Act forbid the United States ships from sailing to any other port in order to prevent American ships from being abducted in the blockades formed. This act was not obeyed entirely because many Americans would smuggle goods to different ports. In result, the Non-Intercourse Act was passed, which allowed American merchants to trade with ports other than the British. The act was then altered, which now stated that Americans could trade with other foreign nations than the nations in Europe.

Famous economist, David Blanchflower, argued that this bill became “the most damaging piece of trade legislation in US history.” This tariff was not signed into law until June 17, 1930, with stocks being uplifted from the 1929 height, which makes it known as a backup factor. One of the reasons why 1,028 American Economics was because the tariff would raise the cost of living. With unemployment rising, less people were able to get jobs which made it harder to earn money. Second, was that farms wouldn't be helped because, “Cotton, pork, lard, and what are export crops and sold in the world market”.

In February 1789, George Washington was elected to govern the United States. Washington felt it was important to watch his every move and judge every stride very carefully. There was definitely method in his madness though. Along with internal problems (like the Native Americans) beginning to arise, trouble was toiling across the Atlantic as well. In France, the need for a revolution and a change in powers was bending the country out of shape.

causes could not be removed7. Alexander Hamilton advocated in Federalist Paper No. 51 for a strong central government with a system of checks and balances; “several constituent parts may, by their mutual relations, be the means of keeping each other in their proper places”8. Hamilton and Madison specifically tried to prevent a revolution, like theirs toward Britain, from happening in America by proposing a strong democratic republic that could operate in concert with state governments and maintain a certain level of autonomy over the states and the nation as a whole. Federalist Papers No. 6-9 spoke to the importance of a strong union, as well as the discord a separation of states might have caused9.

During the early years of American independence, Washington, Adams, and Jefferson had mixed successes in trying to maintain neutrality. All three presidents had some successes in maintaining neutrality, especially since none of them officially declared war. On the other hand, the presidents failed at maintaining neutrality in other ways, such as fighting in undeclared naval wars and being exploited in the XYZ Affair. In response to the presidents’ policies, the public largely had negative reactions to their various attempts at dealing with foreign affairs. Thus, the presidents were partially successful and partially unsuccessful at maintaining neutrality while the public negatively responded to their overseas policies.

The economy in the United States was very different throughout the regions of the United States between 1800 to 1848. Government policies and laws about slavery, taxes, and transportation greatly affected the economies in the North, the South, and the West in different ways and led to different results. Government policies concerning slavery affected the regions of the United States differently. In the begining January 1808, the previously voted issue of the international slave trade was banned throughout the United States and this agreement altered the South the most because the South had previously been importing slaves from countries in Africa. The ban on the slave trade their South their economy by limiting the amount of slaves

Shortly after World War 1 Wilson had made mistakes with most postwar issues, the economy started collapsing in the mid-1920s. Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge, the top Republican candidates for president and vice president, defeated their opponents. The U.S was run by 3 men during the 1920’s; Harding, Coolidge and Hobert Hoover. Each republican president made individual impacts on the government during this time.

Another part of these acts, was that certain goods were enumerated and certain goods could only be produced in England(Cite Notes). This angered Americans because England would get all the money from manufacturing certain goods like wool and iron items in England, taking away the opportunity for Americans to make money from manufacturing and selling important goods like iron tools or wool clothing. The enumerated goods were only allowed to be sold in England, so products like tobacco which were high quality, could not be sold to other countries, and the farmers could only make money by selling it to England, then the buyers in England would sell it to other countries for even more money. The Trade and Navigation acts were one of the first instances of the British government taxing the American people without providing them with proper representation in the

(War of 1812 - 1815). The very next year in 1807 Great Britain decided that they were going to play the same game as France and made it illegal for France and all allies of France to trade with each other. In response to the childish games that France and Great Britain were playing the United States Congress passed laws to “[prohibit] U.S. vessels” from doing business with the European Nations (War of 1812 - 1815). In 1810 the United States decided that realistically this wasn 't exactly doing what it was suppose to so they opened trade back up with the European Nations on the condition that France and Great Britain

Great Britain and France had been at war, on and off, since 1793. The United States, which traded with both countries, was caught in the middle. Britain blocked all French seaports and insisted that U.S. ships first stop at a British port and pay a fee before continuing to

Britain was at war with France, and France declared “a complete naval blockade of Great Britain. ”(American Yawp Ch.7) This blockade cost the United States about 900 ships and over 6,000 men due to British impressments. In response, President Jefferson enacted the Embargo Act of 1808.

Henry Clay believed that the future success of the Americas was to be dictated by the effectiveness of “The American System”. After the war of 1812, the United States was flooded with imports from Great Britain. Coffee, tea, textiles, sugar, and many other items were delivered to American ports by multiple British manufacturers as they unloaded their inventories into the American market. While these products helped fulfill the stifled demand for inexpensive consumer goods, they undermined domestic manufacturing in America. In order to generate more revenue, the United States began by putting in place high tariffs to help protect its domestic industries.