Continental System

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Napoleonic policy economic blockade policy trade embargo

The Continental System was Napoleon Bonaparte’s large-scale economic blockade strategy aimed at weakening Britain by prohibiting European trade with the United Kingdom during the Napoleonic Wars.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Continental System canonical	12
Continental Blockade	2
Continental System imposed by Napoleon	1
French Continental System	1
Napoleon's Continental System	1
Napoleonic trade embargoes against Britain	1
Napoleon’s Continental System	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Napoleonic policy ⓘ economic blockade policy ⓘ trade embargo ⓘ
affected	European merchants ⓘ continental manufacturing ⓘ neutral shipping ⓘ
aimedTo	force Britain to negotiate peace ⓘ undermine British naval power ⓘ weaken British trade ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Continental System ⓘ surface form: Continental Blockade Système continental ⓘ
announcedBy	Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ surface form: Napoleon I of France
announcedIn	Berlin ⓘ
appliedDuring	Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
contributedTo	Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812 ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ surface form: Peninsular War
counteredBy	Orders of Council ⓘ surface form: British Orders in Council British naval blockade of Europe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
endDate	1814 ⓘ
enforcedBy	French customs authorities ⓘ French Navy ⓘ surface form: French navy continental allies of France ⓘ
geographicalScope	French Empire ⓘ French client states ⓘ allies of Napoleonic France ⓘ continental Europe ⓘ
hasKeyFigure	Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
historicalAssessment	damaging to French allies ⓘ largely ineffective in defeating Britain ⓘ
initiatedBy	Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
ledTo	economic hardship in continental Europe ⓘ smuggling on a large scale ⓘ tensions between France and Russia ⓘ
legalBasis	Berlin Decree ⓘ Berlin Decree ⓘ surface form: Milan Decree
opposedBy	Portugal ⓘ Russia ⓘ Spain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
policyType	economic warfare ⓘ protectionist trade policy ⓘ
primaryTarget	British economy ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
prohibited	European ports from receiving British ships ⓘ import of British goods into Europe ⓘ re-export of colonial goods carried by Britain ⓘ
relatedTo	economic warfare in the Napoleonic era ⓘ
startDate	1806 ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Napoleon Bonaparte → implemented → Continental System ⓘ

Napoleonic Wars → keyEvent → Continental System ⓘ

Continental System → alsoKnownAs → Continental System ⓘ

this entity surface form: Continental Blockade

French Empire → alliance → Continental System ⓘ

British naval blockade of Europe → counteredBy → Continental System ⓘ

Système continental → hasEnglishName → Continental System ⓘ

Berlin Decree → partOf → Continental System ⓘ

French customs authorities → enforcesPolicy → Continental System ⓘ

this entity surface form: Napoleonic trade embargoes against Britain

Embargo Act of 1807 → reasonForEmbargo → Continental System ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Continental System

Napoleonic invasions of Portugal → relatedTo → Continental System ⓘ

this entity surface form: Continental Blockade

Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil (1808) → cause → Continental System ⓘ

this entity surface form: Continental System imposed by Napoleon

Atlantic naval theatre of the Napoleonic Wars → relatedTo → Continental System ⓘ

Blockade of Cádiz → relatedTo → Continental System ⓘ

Milan Decree → partOf → Continental System ⓘ

British Orders in Council of 1807 → relatedTo → Continental System ⓘ

this entity surface form: Napoleon’s Continental System

British Orders in Council of 1807 → countermeasureTo → Continental System ⓘ

Macon's Bill Number 2 → relatedTo → Continental System ⓘ

this entity surface form: Napoleon's Continental System

Treaty of Fontainebleau (1807) → context → Continental System ⓘ