11. In Britain, King George III ordered redoubling efforts at impressment , including American sailors. 12. The Royal Navy also used impressment extensively in British North America from 1775 to 1815. 13. Dozens of families in Liverpool alone were torn apart by impressment during the Napoleonic Wars. 14. Impressment took a serious toll on Liverpool.15. The Treaty of Ghent failed to secure official British acknowledgement of American maritime rights or ending impressment . 16. As governor, Allen secured legislative passage of a law to prevent illegal impressment by Confederate agents. 17. However, the Jay Treaty had no concessions on impressment or established any rights for American sailors. 18. Nicholson refused, stating impressment was common practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and some of the northern states. 19. In 1740, impressment was limited to men between 18 and 45, and it also exempted foreigners. 20. The Recruiting Act of 1779 was repealed on 26 May 1780, and army impressment was permanently discontinued.
