What happened during the embargo act of 1870 and included 3 reasons why the event was important during Jefferson’s presidency.

Embargo Act (1807), U.S. President Thomas Jefferson's nonviolent resistance to British ... ships on the grounds that he was assisting Jefferson in enforcing the act. ... activity has been studied extensively, including the reasons for regulation and ... and the specific management problems that occur in the course of its lifetime.The logic behind the embargo was that cutting off all trade would so severely hurt the economies of Britain and France that the seizures at sea would end. Unfortunately, Jefferson miscalculated--the embargo harmed the American economy far more than the economies of Britain or France.President Thomas Jefferson hoped that the Embargo Act of 1807 would help the United States by demonstrating to Britain and France their dependence on American goods, convincing them to respect American neutrality and stop impressing American seamen. Instead, the act had a devastating effect on American trade

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