THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
EMBARGO OF 1807
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Trying to get to the ship to smuggle his goods so he can defy the Embargo Act
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He is a pirate trying to steal items from the ship in the harbor.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is the man with the barrel trying to do with his cargo? He is a pirate trying to steal items from the ship in the harbor.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Embargo Act of 1807 was an American law prohibiting all export of cargo from American ports. It was designed to force Britain to reconsider its restrictions on American trade. The Embargo act prohibited American goods from being shipped to foreign ports and all foreign vessels from taking cargo at American ports.
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: -Anderson, Alexander: Embargo. 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-5: -The turtle symbolizes how the embargo and the Orders of Council are holding American businessmen back from trading at the ports.