Question

The Embargo Act was an attempt to:

Answer 1

The act was suspended, but the Embargo Act of 1807 was a bolder statement of the same idea. It forbade all international trade to and from American ports, and Jefferson hoped that Britain and France would be persuaded of the value and the rights of a neutral commerce.

Answer 2

The Embargo act was a law passed by US congress and signed by Thomas Jefferson (president at the time)
It abled American ships from trading in all foreign ports