What did the US government pass that impacted the Lafittes?
Embargo Act of 1807
Alien Act
Navigation Act
Sugar Act
Answer
The Embargo Act of 1807, in response to the impressment of American sailors by the British and French during the Napoleonic Wars, restricted trade with foreign nations, devastating the economies of coastal cities heavily reliant on international commerce, including New Orleans and its infamous privateers operating from Barataria Bay led by the Baratarian pirates - Jean and Pierre Lafitte.
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