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The Embargo Act

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1807- Embargo Act was passed

no American ship can leave an American port for a foreign port

no foreign vessel can load a cargo at an American port

coastwise shipping must post a bond twice the value of the ship and cargo

once delivery was made the bond would be repaid

The Hated Embargo

Who opposed the embargo and why?

The Embargo Act hurt some…SUCH AS

#1 Merchants in New England (wealthy people in NE)

#2 Shippers and people who ran the ports (who were mostly Federalists)

In New England the states refused to enforce the act there weren’t enough Federal Officials to get the enforcement done they needed help from the states – and they didn’t get it Connecticut – called the act unconstitutional (Sound familiar???) smuggling was going on all over the north east THE ACT WAS A FLOP