THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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The United States only shipped goods to South America.
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The people of the United States were unhappy, and the country had to rethink its plan to deal with European countries.
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France and Great Britain had to buy rotten food.
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France was forced to agree to the United States’ demands.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following was true of the Embargo Act of 1807? Americans were prohibited from sending ships to foreign ports.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Embargo Act of 1807 was an attempt by President Thomas Jefferson and the U.S. Congress to prohibit American ships from trading in foreign ports. It was intended to punish Britain and France for interfering with American trade while the two major European powers were at war with each other.
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: -The diplomatic neutrality of the United States was tested during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). The warring nations of Britain and France both imposed trade restrictions in order to weaken each other’s economies. These restrictions also disrupted American trade and threatened American neutrality.