What Prompted Congress to Pass the Embargo Act in 1807

question 13

Multiple Choice

What prompted Congress to pass the Embargo Act in 1807?

• A) Farmers were going bankrupt and ending up in debtors' prisons.
• B) Moses Austin established a colony in Spanish-controlled Texas.
• C) Britain and France were seizing American merchant vessels.
• D) Thomas Jefferson wanted to purchase Louisiana from France.

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