Passamaquoddy Bay was a known site of resistance to it, and one of its provisions was criticized by a cabinet member as "entirely groundless".  
Passamaquoddy Bay was a known site of resistance to it, and one of its provisions was criticized by a cabinet member as "entirely groundless".  It was vociferously opposed by Theophilus Parsons of the Essex Junto, and also provoked a rebellion in Lyme.  Partially a response to the Berlin and Milan Decrees, it was passed immediately after an incident where the USS Chesapeake was boarded by the HMS Leopard, and was satirized in a famous political cartoon with a snapping turtle. Superseded by Macon's Bill No. 2 and earlier by the Non-Intercourse Act, FTP, name this 1807 piece of legislation that forbade all US trade with Britain and France.
Passamaquoddy Bay was a known site of resistance to it, and one of its provisions was criticized by a cabinet member as "entirely groundless".  
{Embargo Act} of 1807