Anation-state can be defined as a political unit
without a separate identity or a large majority
without an independent state or a majority representation
with a majority of similar people living under a government.
with like individuals who lack government representation.

president jefferson protested this interference in american trade. he sent james monroe to london to negotiate a treaty. jefferson wanted britain to stop taking sailors from american ships, and to stop interfering in the trade of neutral nations. monroe tried many times to discuss such an agreement. but the british foreign minister was always too busy to see him.

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president thomas jefferson hoped that the embargo act of 1807 would the united states by demonstrating to britain and france their dependence on american goods, convincing them to respect american neutrality and stop impressing american seamen. instead, the act had a devastating effect on american trade.

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the united states broke it's neutrality was the constant german sinking of trading vessels resulting in the loss of lives, one example would be the lusitania.