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Congress passes the Non-Importation Act restricting British goods

On March 2, 1806, Congress enacted the Non-Importation Act, prohibiting the import of certain British manufactured goods in response to British seizures and impressment of American sailors.

Congress passes the Non-Importation Act restricting British goods

The law was an early U.S. use of targeted economic pressure against Britain, a precursor to broader trade measures (including the Embargo Act of 1807) and a sign of escalating maritime tensions that shaped Jeffersonian foreign and economic policy.

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