How did the Embargo Act divide the nation?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. The Embargo Act was part of Thomas Jefferson’s plan for “peaceable coercion,” whereby the
United States would refuse to trade at all in response to Britain and France refusing to respect the rights of neutral carriers.
2. Northerners hated the embargo, with some ignoring it and others roughing up customs officers who interfered with Canadian trade.
3. Although New Englanders were willing to take chances that England and France might seize their ships, Jefferson wanted to preserve the ships.
4. Compliance with the acts required enforcement acts that become increasingly harsh as the federal government had to supervise coastal trade to prevent ships from slipping away to Europe or the West Indies in defiance of the Embargo Act.
5. Custom collectors had the right to seize ships on suspicion of wrongdoing, and, by 1809, ships could not be loaded without authorization from a customs officer.
6. Sailors and artisans lost work.
7. The popular press protested the embargo.
8. The Federalist Party revived in New England.
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