Dealing+With+Pirates

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=Q u e s t i o n s = We are studying about the Embargo Act of 1807. Our Question was; what were problems with having an Embargo Act to not allow ships to trade with foreign countries? We chose this question because we felt that it would cover all the things that we wanted to find about the Embargo Act. We were also going to use the question; how did the British like the Embargo Act. We decided against this question because we couldn't find any information about the Embargo Act.

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[|__http://www.econlib.org/library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy409.html__] Online textbook of Embargo.

[|__http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collections/a0b3698e-1084-412b-9073-485164806320?] = = [|back=/mweb/search%3Fpage%3D2%2526needle%3DWar%2520of%25201812%253B%2526fields%3D_t301001410__] Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)[Thomas Jefferson’s defense of the Embargo Act of 1807]

[|__http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/jeffmes8.asp__] Thomas Jefferson’s 8th annual message to congress. These documents each generated some questions while we were evaluating them. We wondered how injured the European nations were after the United States closed all trade? We also were wondering how else the Embargo Act affected people of the time.

**I** **n** **t** **e** **r** **p** **r** **e** **t** **a** **t** **i** **o** **n** We found that the Embargo Act was declared to prevent war and the capturing of United States vessels. US ships could only go to other US ports. The Embargo Act was suspended with Britten “that on her rescinding her orders in relation to the United States their trade would be opened with her, and remain shut to her enemy.”~Embargo Act~ We feel that our conclusion is good because we evaluated the evidence very well. When we started the project we had a feeling that this is how our conclusion would be.

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