The latest trade war is due to US President Donald Trump’s recent imposition of tariffs, which varied widely from his first ...

The Embargo Act of 1807 was depicted as a snapping turtle in a contemporary political cartoon. “Ograbme” is “embargo spelled backwards. Image via Library of Congress Vermonters weren’t ...

Early American industry was limited to small-scale, home-based production until the Embargo Act of 1807 and the War of 1812 spurred local manufacturing.