2. Definition
Webster: a legal prohibition on
commerce

3. Helpful to Country?
Well, No… But, Also Yes.
Unbeneficial to Modern and Past (19th
/20th
)
Century Economy

4. Relevance to United States
The Embargo Act of 1807
Also the Supplementary Acts

5. Background
French and British War
American Ships Shut Down to European Harbors
American Ships Taken Over
Impressments

6. The Embargo Act of 1807
Solution to the Problem
Continuation of the Nonimporation Act

7. First Supplementary Act
Loophole Discovered
Still, Americans Didn’t Listen

8. Second Supplementary Act
All Exports of Any Good, Land or Sea
Still, People Openly Regarded It

9. Consequences
Economic Downturn -> Depression -> Unemployment
-> Discontent
Repeal, But Kept Embargoing Britain and France
War of 1812
Manufacturing Growth in America

10. Consequences
Economic Downturn -> Depression -> Unemployment
-> Discontent
Repeal, But Kept Embargoing Britain and France
War of 1812
Manufacturing Growth in America