USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Jefferson banned all British ships from U.S. ports, ordered state governors to prepare to call up 100, 000 militiamen, and suspended trade with all of Europe. He reasoned that U.S. farm products were crucial to France and England and that a complete embargo would bring them to respect U.S. neutrality.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jefferson’s Embargo Act outlawed trade between America and any foreign port, effectively closing in the American economy. The Embargo Act was one of the major factors leading up to the War of 1812 as it ended up increasing the hostilities that already existed between America and Britain.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Embargo Act of 1807 was a general trade embargo on all foreign nations that was enacted by the United States Congress.

Detailed explanation-4: -President Thomas Jefferson hoped that the Embargo Act of 1807 would help the United States by demonstrating to Britain and France their dependence on American goods, convincing them to respect American neutrality and stop impressing American seamen. Instead, the act had a devastating effect on American trade.

Detailed explanation-5: -Congress passed the Embargo Act in December 1807 and Jefferson signed it into law on December 22, 1807. The president hoped that the act would prevent a war between the United States and Britain.