These agreements later served as the basis for the Non-Importation Act, and subsequent Embargo of 1807 that was passed by the United States Congress in 1806 in an attempt to establish American nautical neutrality during the Napoleonic Wars between France and Britain.
The agreements formed the basis for the Non-Importation Act, which led to the Embargo of 1807 passed by the US Congress in 1806 to maintain American neutrality during the Napoleonic Wars between France and Britain.