Clearly the embargo<span> wasn't working. It was hurting America rather than its intended targets, Britain and France. In March 1809, Congress repealed the </span>Embargo Act of 1807. Jefferson signed the repeal shortly before he left office.<span>the embargo failed to have a significant effect on the British. Goods still reached Great Britain through illegal shipments; British trade was not suffering as much as the framers of the embargo had intended.</span>
