The Non-Intercourse Act of 1809: America’s Short-Lived “Silent Treatment”
Close your eyes and picture this for a second: It’s the year 1809. The United States is still a scrappy young republic, just a few decades old, trying to prove it belongs at the grown-ups’ table. Across the Atlantic? Britain and France are locked in a death match called the Napoleonic Wars. And guess who’s… Read More »