So they decided to sabotage those countries. In 1807, Thomas Jefferson was able to get congress to pass the Embargo Act. This law was made so Americans couldn’t trade with other countries. They hoped it would hurt those other counties by cutting off their supplies. Despite their intentions, this ended up hurting the US. It ended up reducing trade. With the decreased amount of trade, this end up with 80 million dollars being lost. So later on, this law was replaced by the Nonintercourse Act, wich let the U.S trade with everyone except France and Britain. These two laws helped keep America isolated by cutting of trading with other countries. This is an example of how the US foreign policy did NOT help the
So they decided to sabotage those countries. In 1807, Thomas Jefferson was able to get congress to pass the Embargo Act. This law was made so Americans couldn’t trade with other countries. They hoped it would hurt those other counties by cutting off their supplies. Despite their intentions, this ended up hurting the US. It ended up reducing trade. With the decreased amount of trade, this end up with 80 million dollars being lost. So later on, this law was replaced by the Nonintercourse Act, wich let the U.S trade with everyone except France and Britain. These two laws helped keep America isolated by cutting of trading with other countries. This is an example of how the US foreign policy did NOT help the