"Be it enacted... that an embargo be, and hereby is laid on all ships and vessels in the ports and places within the limits or jurisdiction of the United States... bound to any foreign port or place." — Embargo Act, December 22, 1807
Opposition to the Embargo was most concentrated in which region, for what reason?
- A
The Mid-Atlantic, because it relied on European immigration
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New England, because it depended on maritime commerce
- C
The South, because it depended on cotton exports
- D
The frontier, because it cut off access to imports
Explanation
New England's economy was rooted in shipping and trade, so the embargo devastated its merchants and helped revive Federalist opposition that culminated in the Hartford Convention.