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Jefferson signs the Non-Importation Act limiting British imports

President Thomas Jefferson signed the Non-Importation Act (April 18, 1806), which prohibited the importation of certain British manufactures as a measure against British maritime practices.

Jefferson signs the Non-Importation Act limiting British imports

The law represented an early U.S. attempt to use commercial pressure to respond to British impressment and trade restrictions, and it prefaced the administration's later, broader trade embargoes.

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