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 ⓘ
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 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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ