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 War ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-French wars
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legalStatus repealed or superseded ⓘ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 ⓘ
Napoleon's Continental System ⓘ
linked to: Continental System

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

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Referenced by (4)

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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 ⓘ