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.
Answer:
Eliot James Barkley
Explanation:
The Attica prison was located in the United States of America. And a serious riot was carried out by the inmates in the prison in many years back.
The reasons that led to the riot were because of severe overcrowding, virtual starvation, and an often complete absence of medical care as stated and experienced by the inmate.
And an instruction was given out by then the president to curb and stop the rioters.
It should be understood that the execution of the order and the riot led to the death of close a hundred of inmates and prison officials.
Elliot James Barkley was the person that came to the prisoners rescue. He served ad their spokesman.
The North Vietnamese forces, especially the Viet Cong made their own explosives. They used explosives that did not explode, cut them open and made their own improvised explosives. They used traps like bamboo maces or crossbows which were activated by trip wires. One common trap was the punji stake trap. This was a bed of very sharp bamboo stakes hidden in a large hole for their enemies to fall into.
