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In total, the collective term "Orders in Council" refers to more than a dozen sets of blockade decrees in the years 1783, 1793, 1794, 1798, 1799, 1803–1809, 1811, and 1812; it is most often associated in particular with the decrees of 7 January 1807, 11 November 1807, and 26 April 1809 which were most inflammatory to the Americans.
The Milan Decree was issued on 17 December 1807 by Napoleon I of France to enforce the 1806 ... It was a direct response to the British Orders in Council (1807), ...
An Order in Council is a type of legislation in many countries, especially the Commonwealth realms.In the United Kingdom, this legislation is formally made in the name of the monarch by and with the advice and consent of the Privy Council (King-in-Council), but in other countries the terminology may vary.
A series of trade restrictions, the Orders in Council (1807), were introduced by Britain to impede American trade with France, which was at war with Britain. The US contested those restrictions as illegal under international law. [2] The impressment (forced recruitment) of US citizens into the Royal Navy.
Macon's Bill Number 2, [1] which became law in the United States on May 14, 1810, was intended to force Britain and France to cease intercepting American merchant ships during the Napoleonic Wars.
Britain responded with further orders in council issued on 10 January and 11 November 1807. [11] These forbade French trade with Britain, its allies or neutrals, and instructed the Royal Navy to blockade all French and allied ports, and to prevent all shipping whether neutral or not.
In 1809, Erskine was recalled by the Foreign Secretary, George Canning, for having offered the withdrawal of the Orders in Council of 1807 against the Americans and his resolution of the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair. British historian Paul Langford looks at the decisions by the British government in 1809:
Pages in category "Orders in Council" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. ... Orders in Council (1807) A. Adjacent Territories Order;