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orders in council

A Dictionary of British History | 2004 | | © A Dictionary of British History 2004, originally published by Oxford University Press 2004. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

orders in council In November 1806 Napoleon Berlin Decree attempted to exclude British trade from the continent. the British government replied with the orders in council, using the emergency powers of the sovereign, approved by the Privy Council. the orders of November and December 1807 declared a blockade of any harbour that excluded British commerce. the USA protested strongly and its resentment was one of the causes of the War of 1812.

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