Republican (constitutionalist) President Jefferson signs the Embargo Act, prohibiting trade with nations at war with each other (the United Kingdom and the Republic of France).
[restored 11/20/2021]
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Authority:
Article I, Section 8 [Clause 3]
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 64.
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