FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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His brother Joseph was not able to withstand the guerrilla warfare tactics used by Spanish nationalists
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The British navy was too strong for the blockade and France’s economy suffered as a result
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The Russians used the scorched-earth policy to eventually starve Napoleons army
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The blockade successfully restricted British trade and led to fall of Great Britain
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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: -Napoleon believed that if he could isolate Britain economically, he would be able to invade the nation after its economic collapse. Napoleon decreed that all commercial ships wishing to do business in Europe must first stop at a French port in order to ensure that there could be no trade with Britain.
Detailed explanation-3: -Napoleon wanted to hobble the British economy and give France a chance to build up its own manufacturing and industry. The Continental System began in 1806 with Napoleon’s Berlin Decree, which banned British ships from entering European ports.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1806, Napoleon issued the Berlin Decree, which forbade trade with Britain, and the British Government responded the next year with Orders in Council, which instituted a blockade of French-controlled Europe, and authorized the British navy to seize ships violating the blockade.