The undeclared war with France between 1798 and 1801 was triggered by a dispute over neutral rights and the seizure of American vessels in the West Indies.
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Several European nations had formed a League of Armed Neutrality against incursions on their neutral rights; the Cabinet was also consulted on whether the United States should join it, and decided not to.
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Wilson's top advisor, Colonel Edward M . House commented that, " The British have gone as far as they possibly could in violating neutral rights, though they have done it in the most courteous way ".
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When Britain declared a blockade of neutral ships carrying contraband goods to Germany, Wilson mildly protested non-lethal British violations of neutral rights; the British knew that it would not be a " casus belli " for the United States.
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David and Jeanne Heidler argue that " Most historians agree that the War of 1812 was not caused by expansionism but instead reflected a real concern of American patriots to defend United States'neutral rights from the overbearing tyranny of the British Navy.
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At the same time, US Secretary of State Lansing approved Assistant Secretary Chandler Anderson's suggestion for a meeting with German Ambassador Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff to explain informally that if Germany abandoned submarine warfare, Britain would be the only violator of American neutral rights.
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Americans were increasingly angry at the British violation of American ships'neutral rights in order to hurt France, the impressment ( seizure ) of 10, 000 American sailors needed by the Royal Navy to fight Napoleon, and British support for hostile Indians attacking American settlers in the Midwest.
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Looking ahead toward reports on April consumption, the May purchasing managers report, April factory orders, May chain store sales, May auto sales and initial weekly jobless claims, Leary said, " You have to be at least cautiously neutral right now because the numbers should be favorable to the bond market ."
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British authorities removed from the ship two German engineers, sailing with the vessel to provide training and technical support, provoking a diplomatic protest from the United States " as illegal and a violation of the neutral rights of the United States " on the day after President Roosevelt proclaimed that neutrality.
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It held that that neutrality and cooperation with Germany were necessary for survival, for Germany was vastly more powerful; concessions were limited and were only made where the threat was too great; neutrality was bent but not broken; national unity was paramount; and in any case Sweden had the neutral right to trade with Germany.
