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Thomas Jefferson's Embargo Act Of 1807
I am going to use Thomas Jefferson's as a example for this question because he has done alot, Thomas Jefferson attempted solution, an embargo upon American shipping, worked badly and was unpopular, the Embargo Act of 1807 was pretty much, an act laying an Embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, so it general embargo enacted by the United States Congress against Great Britain and France during the Napoleonic Wars.The effects on the American shipping and marke was that the Agricultural prices and earnings fell down because of this. Every president had different motives and method but I decied to share one of them which was Thomas

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