What danger did the us ships have in 1800s

Attacks from the French and British impressment.

Several thousand sailors were taken off American ships during the early 1800s. Sometimes, American citizens were taken by mistake. Impressment was one of two major problems the United States was having with Britain in the early 1800s. The other problem was trade.

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