FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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Question
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Napoleon wanted revenge for an earlier loss in battle.
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Russia had withdrawn from the Continental System to trade with the British.
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Napoleon had always wanted to invade Russia.
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Russia was the only country left for Napoleon to control.
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Detailed explanation-1: -All told, these geopolitical developments put so much pressure on the alliance that it finally cracked. Russia could not tolerate French extreme dominance nor find financial salvation within the Continental System, and France could not find success against Britain without a subservient Russia.
Detailed explanation-2: -Napoleon’s armies marched into Russia in 1812 in an attempt to force Tsar Alexander I to cease trading with Britain.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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.