The British passed the Orders in Council and the French, the Berlin Decree. How did these two maritime policies affect US trade?
A: US ships were not allowed to halt at European ports and offload their cargo resulting in massive losses to the traders and high attrition to European crews.
B: US ships that complied with the Orders in Council were seized by the French and those that complied with the Berlin Decree were seized by the British.
C: US sailors were subjected to impressments by the British and to imprisonment by the French if found violating either of these maritime policies on neutral waters.
D: US traders could not get around the British rule through broken voyages and were forced to terminate trade with both France and Britain in the absence of re-exportation.