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Why Did Madison Feel He Had No Choice but to Reinstate

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Why did Madison feel he had no choice but to reinstate a boycott against Britain and thereby invite war?


A) Napoleon offered a naval alliance that Madison could not refuse.
B) The public outcry caused by Chesapeake affair forced Madison to act against Britain.
C) Napoleon craftily took advantage of Macon´s Bill No. 2 and pushed Madison to gamble on the French leader´s suggestion of cooperation.
D) Madison bowed to pressure from the war hawks to defend the honor of impressed American soldiers.
E) He believed the benefits to American manufacturers of a boycott were too great to pass up.

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