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What was the problem with the Embargo Act of 1807? How might Congress have solved the problem?

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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.

By 1807 the struggle between England and France had degenerated into a war of economic retribution, as each side attempted to starve the other into submission. Adm. Horatio Nelson’s victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805 had given Britain mastery of the seas, but Napoleon still controlled much of continental Europe. Lacking a fleet that could directly threaten Britain, Napoleon implemented the Continental System, a pair of decrees (November 21, 1806, and December 17, 1807) that prohibited British trade with the Continent and threatened seizure of any neutral vessels found trading with England. The British responded by issuing orders in council (November 11, 18, and 25 and December 18, 1807) that imposed a blockade on Napoleonic Europe. In the midst of that economic vise was the neutral United States. With no significant navy, Napoleon was forced to confine his efforts to U.S. vessels in French ports. Thus, the attention of the United States was directed primarily at British actions on the high seas that violated international law.

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