The Leopard attacks the USS Chesapeake...

The Royal Navy’s humiliating attack on the Chesapeake left many Americans clamoring for war, but there was little the ill-prepared United States could do to answer British aggression. President Jefferson is said to have noted: “Never since the Battle of Lexington have I seen this country in such a state of exasperation as at present, and even that did not produce such unanimity.”
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Note: The Chesapeake–Leopard Affair was a pivotal naval confrontation that occurred on June 22, 1807, approximately 218 years ago, off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia. This incident significantly heightened tensions between the United States and Great Britain, contributing to the onset of the War of 1812.