| 11. | In Britain, King George III ordered redoubling efforts at impressment, including American sailors.
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| 12. | The Royal Navy also used impressment extensively in British North America from 1775 to 1815.
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| 13. | Dozens of families in Liverpool alone were torn apart by impressment during the Napoleonic Wars.
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| 14. | Impressment took a serious toll on Liverpool.
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| 15. | The Treaty of Ghent failed to secure official British acknowledgement of American maritime rights or ending impressment.
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| 16. | As governor, Allen secured legislative passage of a law to prevent illegal impressment by Confederate agents.
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| 17. | However, the Jay Treaty had no concessions on impressment or established any rights for American sailors.
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| 18. | Nicholson refused, stating impressment was common practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and some of the northern states.
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| 19. | In 1740, impressment was limited to men between 18 and 45, and it also exempted foreigners.
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| 20. | The Recruiting Act of 1779 was repealed on 26 May 1780, and army impressment was permanently discontinued.
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