16h 12min, dec 22, 1807 y - Embargo Act
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An act declared by Jefferson in 1807. Declared that no US ships could leave US waters. This hurt both the Famers and the Federalists. The act was repealed in 18909. The act was replaced with the Non-Intercourse Act.
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16h 12min, dec 22, 1807 y
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~ 217 years ago