【12/21 今日美史】南北战争中的外交危机

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12/21

The Trent Affair escalated

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When: 1861

Who：The Trent Affair escalated

What：

In Boston Harbor, a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded three British tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor.

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The Trent Affair was a diplomatic crisis that took place between the U.S. and Great Britain from November to December 1861, during the U.S. Civil War (1861-65).The crisis erupted after the captain of the USS San Jacinto ordered the arrest of two Confederate envoys sailing to Europe aboard a British mail ship, the Trent, in order to seek support for the South in the Civil War. The British, who had not taken sides in the war, were outraged and claimed the seizure of a neutral ship by the U.S. Navy was a violation of international law.

On this day, the British minister to the United States Lord Lyons met with Secretary of State William Seward and took a hard line. In the end, President Abraham Lincoln decided that it was better to fight "One war at a time," and released the envoys to avert an armed conflict with Great Britain.

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The Trent Affair, Civil War, diplomatic crisis, Abraham Lincoln