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title: "Why did Thomas Jefferson order the embargo against Great Britain in 1807?"  
description: "Why did Thomas Jefferson order the embargo against Great Britain in 1807?"  
author: "agustina johnson"  
published: 2018-04-03  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40452/why-did-thomas-jefferson-order-the-embargo-against-great-britain-in-1807  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["civil war and lincoln"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did Thomas Jefferson order the embargo against Great Britain in 1807?

Why did [Thomas Jefferson](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42893/whom-did-thomas-jefferson-defeat-in-the-1800-presidential-election) order the embargo [against](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41814/how-did-the-violence-against-women-act-meet-the-problem-of-violence-against-women) Great Britain in 1807?\
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