1) How would Americans most likely react to President Jefferson’s 1807 Embargo Act? A. Americans disliked the Embargo Act because it stopped all French imports and only allowed English imports to America which hurt the economy.

B. Americans disliked the Embargo Act because it prevented trade between the United States and all foreign ports which hurt the economy.

C. Americans liked the Embargo Act because it prevented merchants from smuggling American goods to foreign ports, which hurt the economy.

D. Americans liked the Embargo Act because it stopped unlicensed merchants from trading with England, which improved the economy

1.3.6 practice: examining the founding principles the declaration of independence we hold these truths to be self- evident, that all men are created equal. that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.- that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,- that whenever any form of governments becomes destructive of thee ends, it is right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its power in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness . summary