Napoleon's Continental System tried to defeat Britain by giving arms to the Irish Republican Army. preventing Britain from trading freely. fomenting civil war in Scotland. a massive invasion across the English Channel.

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6 May, 14:17

Napoleon's Continental System tried to defeat Britain by giving arms to the Irish Republican Army. preventing Britain from trading freely. fomenting civil war in Scotland. a massive invasion across the English Channel.

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Napoleon's Continental System tried to defeat Britain by preventing Britain from trading freely.

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The Continental System was the main base of the foreign policy of Emperor Napoleon I of France in the fight against Great Britain.

The lack of means to confront the Royal Navy led Napoleon to reconsider his plans for invading the United Kingdom. These invasion plans were aborted by the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

Instead of military strategy, Napoleon then opted for economic warfare. As a result of the beginnings of the industrial revolution, the British economy had emerged strongly in Europe as the main exporter of manufactured goods. This made them vulnerable to a commercial embargo. The Continental System was a trade embargo that banned the trading of British products on the European continent.