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Congress passes the Non-Importation Act restricting British goods

Name: Congress passes the Non-Importation Act restricting British goods
Start: 1806-03-02
Location: United States

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.

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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