Non-Importation Act of 1806

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The Non-Importation Act of 1806 was a U.S. law that sought to pressure Britain and France during the Napoleonic Wars by restricting the import of certain British goods as a non-violent response to maritime violations.

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Non-Importation Act of 1806 canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute
trade restriction law
appliesTo British manufactured goods
certain British products
imports into the United States
cause British impressment of American sailors
British interference with American shipping
seizure of neutral American vessels by Britain
conflictContext Anglo-American tensions prior to the War of 1812
consequence economic costs for some American merchants
limited impact on British policy
country United States of America
surface form: United States
diplomaticStrategy commercial coercion instead of military conflict
enactedUnderAdministrationOf Thomas Jefferson
excludes all goods not specifically listed in the act
followedBy Embargo Act of 1807
Non-Intercourse Act of 1809
hasPurpose to influence British policy during the Napoleonic Wars
to pressure Great Britain to respect U.S. neutral rights
to respond to British maritime violations
to use economic coercion instead of war
historicalPeriod Early national period of United States history
influencedBy American public anger over impressment
Republican Party foreign policy ideas
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
language English
legalForm act of Congress
legalNature peacetime economic sanction
legislativeBody United States Congress
locationOfEffect ports of the United States
method commercial non-importation
non-violent retaliation
opposedBy some Federalist politicians
partOf United States foreign policy toward Britain before the War of 1812
passedBy United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
policyTool economic sanctions
trade restrictions
precededBy earlier colonial non-importation agreements
regulates importation of specified goods
international trade
relatedTo British Orders in Council of 1807
surface form: British Orders in Council

French maritime policies during the Napoleonic Wars
signedBy Thomas Jefferson
signingPresident Thomas Jefferson
startTime 1806
target British economy
Great Britain
temporalContext Napoleonic Wars

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Embargo Act of 1807 relatedTo Non-Importation Act of 1806
Presidency of Thomas Jefferson majorEvent Non-Importation Act of 1806