051 The New Republic: Thomas Jefferson's Second Term

Thomas Jefferson easily won a second term at President of the
United States. Unfortunately, as the war between Napoleonic
France and Great Britain flared up, the United States was caught
in the middle. The British impressed American sailors in the
Royal Navy and restricted American merchants from trading as a
neutral power. Desperate to avoid war, Jefferson attempted to
coerce Britain through an embargo to gain concessions from the
crown. His policies failed and set up the conditions for another
war with Great Britain.


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