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Second Jefferson Administration, The
Historian Peter Onuf explores Thomas Jefferson's strategy of using "aggressive commercial diplomacy" (in the form of an embargo and sanctions) as an alternative to war.
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Best Laid Plans...: U. S. Response to Napoleonic Wars
Jefferson and the Republicans as well as the Federalists are determined to maintain neutrality in the Napoleonic Wars. In order to enforce neutrality Jefferson imposes an embargo to keep Americans from trading abroad. This triggers a serious economi...