British Orders in Council of 1807

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British foreign policy instrument Order in Council blockade regulation trade restriction measure

The British Orders in Council of 1807 were a series of trade restrictions imposed by Britain during the Napoleonic Wars that sought to blockade France and its allies by controlling neutral shipping and maritime commerce.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
British Orders in Council	5
British Orders in Council of 1807 canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British foreign policy instrument ⓘ Order in Council ⓘ blockade regulation ⓘ trade restriction measure ⓘ
affects	American shipping ⓘ Atlantic trade ⓘ neutral maritime commerce ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	British Empire ⓘ
causeOf	deterioration of Anglo-American relations ⓘ
conflict	Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
contributedTo	tensions leading to the War of 1812 ⓘ
countermeasureTo	Continental System ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
economicPolicyType	blockade policy ⓘ protectionist trade policy ⓘ
follows	earlier British Orders in Council of 1806 ⓘ
hasEffect	disruption of neutral trade with Europe ⓘ seizure of ships violating the orders ⓘ strengthening of British control over sea-borne trade ⓘ
hasPurpose	to control neutral shipping ⓘ to enforce a maritime blockade of France and its allies ⓘ to restrict maritime commerce with France ⓘ to weaken France economically ⓘ
headOfGovernmentAtTimeOfIssuance	William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Age of Sail ⓘ
imposes	blockade of French-controlled ports ⓘ licensing requirements for neutral ships ⓘ requirements to call at British ports ⓘ requirements to pay duties to Britain ⓘ restrictions on trade with France ⓘ restrictions on trade with French allies ⓘ
issuedBy	Privy Council ⓘ surface form: British Privy Council Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ surface form: British government
language	English ⓘ
legalForm	royal order issued by the Privy Council ⓘ
legalStatus	binding on British subjects and ships under British control ⓘ
opposedBy	American merchants ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States neutral trading nations ⓘ
partOf	Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
politicalLeader	George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: King George III
regulates	maritime commerce ⓘ neutral shipping ⓘ trade with Napoleonic Europe ⓘ
relatedTo	Continental System ⓘ surface form: Napoleon’s Continental System
startTime	1807 ⓘ
temporalCoverage	1807 ⓘ