... . The United States, which traded with both countries, got caught in the middle of this. In an attempt to cut off supplies from reaching the enemy, both sides attempted to block the United States from trading with the other. British did this by blockading the French coast and in 1807 it passed the Orders in Council, which required neutral countries to ... staples of our country have been cut off from their legitimate markets." Meanwhile, new members of Congress, who called themselves War Hawks and were led by Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun, had begun to call for war based on their indign...

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... ? Obviously not English law, the very law they were putting down. The laws of an independent and sovereign nation would likewise have ill effect. Jefferson instead chose to use a law John Locke had first proposed called natural law, which had become the very fuel enflaming the colonies. (Munves 13) These are rights believed to be the common property of all individuals ... men are created equal," became the heart and foundation of the American democracy. As President Lincoln would point out in 1861, these words stood as "a maxim for free society a stumbling block to all those who in after...

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