The Chesapeake–Leopard Affair has outraged the American sense of honor.

Americans of every political stripe see the need to uphold national honor, and to reject the treatment of the United States by Britain as a third class nonentity.

Americans talk incessantly about the need for force in response.

President Thomas Jefferson notes: "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."

James Monroe, at this time a foreign minister acting under instructions from U.S. Secretary of State James Madison, demandsBritish disavowal of the deed, the restoration of the four seamen, the recall of Admiral Berkeley, the exclusion of British warships from U.S. territorial waters, and the abolition of impressments from vessels under the United States flag.

The event has raised tensions between the two countries and, while possibly not a direct cause, is one of the events leading up to the War of 1812.

In fact, many Americans demand  war because of the attack, but President Jefferson will turn to diplomacy and economic pressure in the form of the ill-fated Embargo Act of 1807.

The Federal government has begun  to be concerned about the lack of war material.

Their concerns lead to the establishment of a tariff protecting the manufacturers of gunpowder, which will help ensure the fortunes of the DuPont company.

The humiliating incident has significant repercussions for the U.S. Navy.

The public is shocked that Chesapeake had not been able to put up any resistance and surrendered so quickly, questioning the ability of the Navy to defend the country from a possible British invasion, despite the expensive and controversial frigate-building program.

A court-martial finds Barron guilty of being unprepared and suspends him from service for five years as punishment.

In 1820, Commodore Barron will challenge and mortally wound Commodore Stephen Decatur, who had served on the court-martial, in a duel over remarks Decatur had made about Barron's conduct in 1807 (Barron will also be wounded).