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Albert Shaw Lectures on Diplomatic History
Albert Shaw Lectures on Diplomatic History Author:Johns Hopkins University General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1915 Original Publisher: Johns Hopkins Press. Subjects: Diplomacy History Political Science / International Relations / General Political Science / International Relations / Diplomacy Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations ... more »and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II Neutral Trade While the uncompromising attitude of Great Britain in her practice of impressment and the abuses of such practice gave the sentimental basis for the second war with England, that which brought the general support of the country to hostile measures was the British aggressions upon American trade. It mattered not"! whether the British acts were conceived with hostile intent toward the United States in order to thwart the growth of the commerce and naval power of that state, or whether they were merely retaliatory acts upon France, the effects were the same. The United J States had from political considerations adopted a policy of neutrality as between the belligerent Powers. When Great Britain and France went to war with each other the commerce of the United States, which was becoming important and profitable, was seriously affected by the various measures of retaliation adopted by the two belligerent states. The first restrictive acts affecting American trade were those in connection with commerce carried on between the United States and the colonies of the belligerents. The colonial policy of all states in the 18th century was to utilize the colonies for the benefit of the parent state. Colonies were allowed to trade only with the mother-country and her possessions. Before the American Revolution there had grown up a large trade between the United States and the British West Indies. This trade...« less