HIST 011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 42: Nathaniel Macon, Nonintercourse Act, Thomas Macdonough
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The election of 1808: madison - brilliant thinker, poor public speaker; jeff helps him to get nominated and is against 2 others; still wins though against them and. Nonintercourse act of 1809: americans could now trade with all nations except. 2 (1810): nathaniel macon introduce a bill that restored us trade with gb and fr; if either gb or fr formally agreed to respect us neutral rights at sea then the us would prohibit trade with the nation"s foe. Napoleon"s deception: napoleon announced his intention of revoking the decrees that had violated us neutral rights madison carried out bill but. War breaks out between us and gb even though neither wanted it. Free seas and trade: us depended on free flow of shipping across atlantic but no respect for their neutral rights gb was the worst of the two evils to us. Frontier pressures: western americans ambitions for more open land (gb.
