Except for the king, every noble in a feudal society served as a to a higher noble.

Except for the king, every noble in a feudal society served as a vassal to a higher noble. The vassal in medieval Europe, was a man who was granted land in exchange for service and loyalty to an older man or is more important. They made a feudal contract that was an exchange of promises between lords and vassals. In feudal society was the monarch, then the powerful lords who had vassals.

president thomas jefferson hoped that the embargo act of 1807 would the united states by demonstrating to britain and france their dependence on american goods, convincing them to respect american neutrality and stop impressing american seamen. instead, the act had a devastating effect on american trade.