Editing Non-Intercourse Act (1809)

{{Short description|1809 U.S. law lifting trade embargoes on all countries except Britain and France}}
{{hatnote|Not to be confused with the [[Nonintercourse Act]] regarding trade with Native Americans.}}
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| shorttitle = Non-Intercourse Act (1809)
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| longtitle = An Act to interdict the commercial trade between the United States and Great Britain and France, and their dependencies; and for other purposes.
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| nickname = the replacement for the embargo act
| enacted by = 10th
| effective date = March 7, 1809
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| cite statutes at large = {{usstat|2|528}}
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| acts repealed = [[Non-importation Act]]
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| passedbody1 = Senate
| passeddate1 = February 21, 1809
| passedvote1 = [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/10-2/s81 21-12]
| passedbody2 = House
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| passeddate2 = February 27, 1809
| passedvote2 = [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/10-2/h215 81-40]
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| signedpresident = [[Thomas Jefferson]]
| signeddate = March 1, 1809
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| SCOTUS cases = [[Cargo of the Brig Aurora v. United States]], {{ussc|11|382|1813}}
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{{Warof1812-Origins}}

The '''Non-Intercourse Act''' of March 1809 lifted all embargoes on American shipping except for those bound for [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] or [[First French Empire|French]] ports. 

Enacted in the last sixteen days of President [[Thomas Jefferson]]'s [[Presidency of Thomas Jefferson|presidency]] by the [[10th United States Congress|10th Congress]] to replace the [[Embargo Act of 1807]], the almost unenforceable law’s intent was to damage the economies of the United Kingdom and France. Like its predecessor, the Embargo Act, it was mostly ineffective, and [[Origins of the War of 1812|contributed]] to the coming of the [[War of 1812]]. In addition, it seriously damaged the [[economy of the United States]].<ref>[http://www.rkci.org/library/gsp/early/nonintercourseact.htm United States Non-Intercourse Act - March 1, 1809] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920192321/http://www.rkci.org/library/gsp/early/nonintercourseact.htm |date=September 20, 2020 }} Rockcastle Karst Conservancy</ref> The Non-Intercourse Act was followed by [[Macon's Bill Number 2]]. Despite hurting the economy as a whole, the bill’s prohibition on British manufactured goods stimulated domestic production and helped America begin to [[Technological and industrial history of the United States|industrialize]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Heidler|first1=David Stephen|last2=Heidler|first2=Jeanne T.|title=Encyclopedia of the War of 1812|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_c09EJgek50C&pg=PA390|year=2004|pages=390–91|publisher=Naval Institute Press |isbn=9781591143628}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web |url=https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llhb&fileName=043/llhb043.db&recNum=359 |title=House Bill 26 - Commercial Intercourse Between the United States, Great Britain, and France |author=10th U.S. Congress |date=December 26, 1808 |website=[[American Memory]] |publisher=[[Library of Congress]]}}
* {{cite web |url=https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llhb&fileName=043/llhb043.db&recNum=484 |title=House Bill 64 - Commercial Intercourse Between the United States, Great Britain, and France |author=10th U.S. Congress |date=February 11, 1809 |website=[[American Memory]] |publisher=[[Library of Congress]]}}

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