Orders in Council (1807)

The 1807 Orders in Council were a series of decrees, in the form of Orders in Council, issued by the British Privy Council during the Napoleonic Wars as part of a policy of commercial warfare. They played a major role in shaping the British war effort against the First French Empire and its allies, but also contributed to the worsening of relations between Britain and other Western powers. The 1807 Orders in Council played a major role in the deterioration of Anglo-American relations which led to the War of 1812.