Why did jefferson ask congress to pass the embargo act?

President clinton, on the fortieth anniversary of the events in arkansas surrounding the "little rock nine," stated that "when the constitutional rights of our citizens are threatened, the national government must guarantee them." this principle was the basis for using federal authority in: the expansion of voting rights to women. the passage of the civil rights act of 1964. the passage of the americans with disabilities act. all of the choices.

6. why did louis xvi call a meeting of the estates-general in 1789? how long had it been since such a meeting had been called?

Could anything have been done through compromise to stop it, or did it have to happen?