USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Digital History. In a desperate attempt to avert war, the United States imposed an embargo on foreign trade. Jefferson regarded the embargo as an idealistic experiment–a moral alternative to war. He believed that economic coercion would convince Britain and France to respect America’s neutral rights.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shortly before leaving office in March 1809, Jefferson signed the repeal of the embargo.

Detailed explanation-4: -Finally, Jefferson backed off in the last months of his administration, and Congress replaced the Embargo Act with the Non-Intercourse Act, which banned trade with England and France but allowed it with all other countries.