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The embargo Act took place during 1807. This act made any and every export illegal in the United States. This act was introduced by the third President of the United States, President Thomas Jefferson. The act was enacted by Congress of the United States. The main goal of the Embargo Act was to get Britian and France to respect all rights of Americans. Jefferson wanted to stop the shipment of goods, war materials and other things during the time of Napoleonic Wars. Jefferson also hoped that the Embargo act would orevent any possible wars between the United States and other allied countries. The mbargo act was passed in the month of December in 1807 and it did, in fact, prevent all the possible wars. Others thought it was a father of the War

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