How did the embargo act affect british and french merchants?

a)they suffered because they sold fewer goods.
b}they wasted time and money trying to enter american ports.
c)they thrived because they raised prices on american goods.
d)hey survived on european goods alone.

The correct answer is A. As a result of the Embargo Act, British and French merchants suffered because they sold fewer goods.

Explanation:

The Embargo Act of 1807 sought to restrict foreign trade on the American coast. The act was passed by Congress during the second administration of President Thomas Jefferson.

It originated as a result of the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair involving the British warship Leopard and the American frigate Chesapeake, that was caused by a British ban on American commerce with France. The two European countries were at war (Napoleonic Wars), while the United States had remained neutral, but traded in secret with both sides.

According to Jefferson, the British violated the rights of Americans on the high seas and the embargo laws were passed in retaliation. These measures caused great damage to the American Economy, that of an export of $ 108 million in 1807, went to $ 22 million in 1808. The acts were repealed even at the end of the Jefferson administration. A modified version would come back with the restrictions during a brief period of 1813, in the administration of James Madison, that replaced Jefferson.

C. They thrived because they raised prices on American goods.

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The right answer is the D: National Road.

The National Road was the first highway in the United States funded with the support of the federal government. It was constructed between 1811 and 1834 with the goal of connecting the East with the Ohio River, making possible the transportation to the West of thousands of settlers. It started to be built in 1811 in Cumberland, Maryland, hence the name Cumberland Road that is also used in order to refer to it. It soon became a very popular and traveled road, although in the last decades of the 19th century it was partially replaced with the railroad.  

This road is known today in many places as Route 40.