<P> With the coming of the spring , the effect of the previous acts were immediately felt throughout the coastal states , especially in New England . An economic downturn turned into a depression and caused increasing unemployment . Protests occurred up and down the eastern coast . Most merchants and shippers simply ignored the laws . On the Canada -- US border , especially in upstate New York and Vermont , the embargo laws were openly flouted . Federal officials believed parts of Maine , such as Passamaquoddy Bay on the border with British - held New Brunswick , were in open rebellion . By March , an increasingly frustrated Jefferson was resolved to enforce the embargo to the letter . </P>
which section of the united states ignored the embargo act and continued to trade with great britain
On the Canada -- US border