THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
EMBARGO OF 1807
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He was trying to get more money by enforcing the Embargo Act.
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He was trying to force Britain and France to respect American rights.
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He was trying to side with Britain by sending suplys.
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He was trying to side with France by sending suplys.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Embargo Act, (1807), U.S. Pres. Thomas Jefferson’s nonviolent resistance to British and French molestation of U.S. merchant ships carrying, or suspected of carrying, war materials and other cargoes to European belligerents during the Napoleonic Wars.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Embargo Act, Legislation by the U.S. Congress in December 1807 that closed U.S. ports to all exports and restricted imports from Britain. The act was Pres. Thomas Jefferson’s response to British and French interference with neutral U.S. merchant ships during the Napoleonic Wars.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Congress imposed the embargo in direct response to these events. President Thomas Jefferson acted with restraint, weighed public support for retaliation, and recognized that the United States was militarily far weaker than either Britain or France.