He wanted control of the New Orleans Port because it was vital for trade from north to south and vice versa.
The Embargo Act of 1807 is related to England's policy of neutral shipping since it had little to no effect on English shipping.
The Embargo Act of 1807 was a law passed by the United State Congress and signed by President Thomas Jefferson on December 22, 1807. It prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports.
The Embargo Act of 1807 constituted a general embargo on all foreign nations enacted by the United States Congress against Great Britain and France during the Napoleonic Wars.
The three Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome took place over nearly a century, beginning in 264 B.C. and ending in Roman victory with the destruction of Carthage in 146 B.C. By the time the First Punic War broke out, Rome had become the dominant power throughout the Italian peninsula, while Carthage–a powerful city-state in northern Africa–had established itself as the leading maritime power in the world. The First Punic War began in 264 B.C. when Rome interfered in a dispute on the Carthaginian-controlled island of Sicily; the war ended with Rome in control of both Sicily and Corsica and marked the empire’s emergence as a naval as well as a land power.
