It was a French failed attempt at economic warfare against the UK which required European ports to ban UK goods and ships. It created resentment toward the French, it created a thriving smuggling trade and could not be enforced without a French Navy, a French Revenue Cutter Service, a French Coast Guard and an incorruptible Customs Service. It could never work as long as European demand for illicit UK goods existed.
Napoleon Bonaparte created the continental system in order to weaken Britain's economy. The system forbid any nation in Europe from trading with Britain.
It was called the Continental System.
Napoleon's continental system had seemed to work in the beginning with a decline in British's exports and manufacting. Though because of the ongoing wars it was difficult to enforce it and smuggling became wide spread. The effect on Europe was a drop in trade, and ship building. This was one of Napoleon's failures that caused him to lose power. When trade was stopped between Great Britain Europe took a heavier loss.
The purpose of the continental system was that he could sail around Europe and asia and the british was able to defeat him because the got assistance from other countries such as spain.
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Continental Europe is also referred as Mainland Europe. It does not include the islands of Europe.
It was called the Continental System.
It was designed to stop trade with Europe.
Napoleon policy called the continental system was created to make a continental Europe more self-sufficient
It was called the Continental System.
The Continental System.
Napoleon Bonaparte created the continental system in order to weaken Britain's economy. The system forbid any nation in Europe from trading with Britain.
The Continental System.
The Continental System was economic warfare against the UK by preventing trade in Europe with the UK through any European Port.
Europe is larger than the continental US. Europe - 10,180,000 km2 Continental US - 9,798,364 km2
It was called the Continental System.
Napoleon's continental system had seemed to work in the beginning with a decline in British's exports and manufacting. Though because of the ongoing wars it was difficult to enforce it and smuggling became wide spread. The effect on Europe was a drop in trade, and ship building. This was one of Napoleon's failures that caused him to lose power. When trade was stopped between Great Britain Europe took a heavier loss.