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Embargo Act 1807
The Embargo Act of 1807 was not effective because it didn’t hurt France or Britain, but instead hurt the United States. The Embargo Act was proposed by Thomas Jefferson as an attempt to force France and Britain to accept our neutrality in the war between them. This was created in an attempt to hurt France and Britain’s economy by withstanding from trade, thus forcing them to agree to accept the US’s neutrality out of desperation. However, because neither France nor Britain was dependent on US exports, the only country the Embargo Act hurt was the US, who had no money coming in because there was no trade occurring. Because the Embargo Act of 1807 didn’t fulfill its purpose and instead hurt the US, it was not effective.
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