WORLD HISTORY

FRENCH REVOLUTION

FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In 1806, Napoleon attempted to make Europe more self-sufficient through the use of what he termed the
A
Peninsular War
B
Continental System
C
scorched-earth policy
D
Battle of Waterloo
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Continental System, in the Napoleonic wars, the blockade designed by Napoleon to paralyze Great Britain through the destruction of British commerce. The decrees of Berlin (November 21, 1806) and Milan (December 17, 1807) proclaimed a blockade: neutrals and French allies were not to trade with the British.

Detailed explanation-2: -Battle of Trafalgar. In 1806, he ordered a blockade and stopped all trade between Britain and other European nations. Napoleon called this policy the Continental System. It was to make continental Europe self-sufficient.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Continental System, inaugurated by the Berlin decrees of 21 November 1806, was meant to prohibit all trade, even by neutral countries, with Britain, the nation that Napoleon derisively referred to as ‘an island of shopkeepers, ’ thereby sealing it off from continental Europe.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Continental Blockade (French: Blocus continental), or Continental System, was a large-scale embargo against British trade by Napoleon Bonaparte against the British Empire from 21 November 1806 until 11 April 1814, during the Napoleonic Wars.

Detailed explanation-5: -Napoleon needed several things to make his Continental System work. For instance, he needed tighter blocking so no one could get through. He also needed to have more troops watch. What were two major disadvantages that Napoleon had going into Russia?

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