HOW DID THE BRITISH AND FRENCH INTERFERE WITH AMERICAN SHIPPING

February 23, 2010

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In December 1807 President Thomas Jefferson received news from Britain and France that disturbed him deeply. The British had announced that they would be even more aggressive in pursuing their longstanding policy of “reclaiming” British subjects who had deserted to serve on foreign ships—including American vessels. In France, Napoleon Bonaparte declared that he would attack and confiscate any U.S. ship that attempted to carry goods to or from the British Isles. This double threat to American shipping shocked Jefferson. He described Europe as “a great madhouse [locked] in a paroxysm of insanity.”
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