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Impressment
Embargo
Economy
Market Non-Intercourse
Agreement
Shang-hai
Neutrality Cotton
Merchants
Smuggling
1) The practice of seizing sailors from
passing ships in order to serve in the
British navy:________________.
2) A slang or informal term for this type
of kid-napping:_____________.
3) The American policy of not choosing
sides between England and France
when those two countries went to war (which was often):_____________.
4) A law that stops all trade that crosses
a countryÕs borders:_______________.
5) An American product that had no buyers
when (4) was put into effect:___________.
6) The everyday buying and selling and
producing and using of goods and
services:_______________.
7) A group of people, along with sailors
and farmers, who lost a lot of money
when (4) went into effect:_________________.
8) A law passed in the U.S. that forbid
exports and imports but only to the
countries of England and France:________________.
9) A place to buy (and sell)
things:_______________.
10) An illegal activity that grew in
activity when (4) went into effect:____________.
Thought
Question: Why was JeffersonÕs
Embargo Act so unpopular with so
many
people? Which people do you think
would support the Act?