The diplomatic neutrality of the United States was tested during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). The warring nations of Britain and France both imposed trade restrictions in order to weaken each other's economies. These restrictions also disrupted American trade and threatened American neutrality. As time went on, British harassment of American ships increased. Controversial measures included British impressment of American men and seizure of American goods. After the Chesapeake Affair in June 1807, pitting the British warship Leopard against the American frigate Chesapeake, President Thomas Jefferson faced a decision regarding the situation at hand. Ultimately, he chose an economic option to assert American rights: The Embargo Act of 1807.
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<u>C. The United States acquired present-day California and New Mexico.
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The peace treaty in the Mexican city of Guadalope Hidalgo, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the Mexican-American War that began two years earlier over the Texas territorial dispute. The agreement granted the United States 845,000 square miles of territory, the present-day states of Arizona, <u>California</u>, Colorado, Nevada, <u>New Mexico</u>, Utah and Wyoming.
