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.
These agreements served as the foundation for the Non-Importation Act, and subsequent Embargo of 1807 that was enacted by the United States Congress in 1806 to establish American neutrality during the Napoleonic Wars between France and Britain.