What was the essential idea behind jeffersons imposition of the embargo and why

Here is the correct answer of the given question above. The essential idea behind Jeffersons Imposition of the embargo and why it finally failed is that, he tried to prevent a second war, since the country's military and economy was not stable. The reason of failure was the hurting of the US trade and resulted in the lost of millions of dollars.

c) russian troops won several battles but suffered extremely heavy casualties

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