TRIANON DECREE
\tɹˈa͡ɪanən dɪkɹˈiː], \tɹˈaɪanən dɪkɹˈiː], \t_ɹ_ˈaɪ__a_n_ə_n d_ɪ_k_ɹ_ˈiː]\
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A secret decree issued at the palace of the Trianon, France, August 5, 1810, by Napoleon, ordering the immediate confiscation of all American vessels and merchandise brought in previous to May 1, 1810, and ordering that, until November 1, American vessels were to be allowed to enter French ports, but not to unload without his permission. At the same time he offered to revoke the Milan and Berlin decrees, November 1. This was a ruse to entrap American vessels, and it succeeded admirably.
By John Franklin Jameson
