The cheating was done because the goods from the ships were taken out and the ships were not allowed to leave the port.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The vice President Farida was cheated because the ships which belonged to the Great Britain were not allowed to leave from the ports of the United States of America.
Moreover the goods which were there in the ships of the merchants who belonged to great Britain were also taken away by the people of the United States of America and this is how the vice president was cheated by the people of the United States.