Macon's Bill Number 2

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Macon's Bill Number 2 was an 1810 U.S. law that sought to motivate Britain and France to stop interfering with American trade by conditionally lifting earlier trade restrictions and threatening to reimpose them against whichever nation failed to respect U.S. neutrality.

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Macon's Bill Number 2 canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute
trade legislation
affected American merchants
Atlantic maritime trade
aimedAt French Empire
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
appliesToConflict Anglo-French wars
surface form: Anglo-French War
appliesToPeriod Napoleonic Wars
chamberOfOrigin United States House of Representatives
condition if either Britain or France revoked restrictions on U.S. trade, the United States would reimpose non-intercourse against the other
country United States of America
dateEnacted 1810
describedBySource U.S. statutory law records
histories of the War of 1812
field U.S. diplomatic history
international trade law
follows Embargo Act of 1807
goal to motivate Britain and France to cease interference with American trade
to protect neutral rights of the United States
hasConsequence contributed to rising tensions with Britain
undermined strict non-intercourse policy
historicalContext prelude to the War of 1812
language English
legalEffect authorized reimposition of trade restrictions against non-complying belligerent
conditionally lifted previous trade restrictions with Britain and France
legalStatus repealed or superseded
legislativeBody United States Congress
locationOfEnactment Washington, D.C.
mainSubject U.S. neutrality
maritime trade restrictions
neutral trade rights
namedAfter Nathaniel Macon
partOf United States foreign policy toward Europe in the early 19th century
policyType commercial retaliation
economic coercion
relatedTo British Orders in Council of 1807
surface form: British Orders in Council

Continental System
surface form: Napoleon's Continental System

War of 1812
replaced Non-Intercourse Act of 1809
sponsor Nathaniel Macon
temporalCoverage early 19th century

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Embargo Act of 1807 relatedTo Macon's Bill Number 2
Presidency of James Madison signed Macon's Bill Number 2
Non-Intercourse Act repealedBy Macon's Bill Number 2
Non-Intercourse Act relatedTo Macon's Bill Number 2