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His intent was to attempt to prevent a second war with Britain. The Embargo forbid any American vessels from leaving American ports to go to foreign ports.

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He wanted to prevent a second war, since the country military and economically was unstable. It failed because this ended up hurting US trade, the US lost millions of dollars.

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