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title: "What was the Embargo Act of 1807 and why was it passed?"  
description: "What was the Embargo Act of 1807 and why was it passed?"  
author: "Peterson arnold"  
published: 2018-04-15  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41173/what-was-the-embargo-act-of-1807-and-why-was-it-passed  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What was the Embargo Act of 1807 and why was it passed? 

What was the [Embargo Act](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39865/why-was-the-embargo-act-of-1807-passed) of 1807 and why was it passed? \
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