continental system
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Continental System
Continental SystemnounNapoleon's plan in 1806 to blockade Britain by excluding her ships from ports on the mainland of Europe
continental system
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Continental System
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Etymology
Origin of continental system
First recorded in 1830–40
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Moldova was also synchronized with the continental system.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2022
The common life of our nation must now have a new orientation and must be integrated within the continental system of production and exchange.
From Time Magazine Archive
One party was attached to a state, the other to a continental system.
From The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by Marshall, John
The treaty of Fontainebleau was a sequel of the vast combination against Great Britain completed by the peace of Tilsit, under which the continental system was to be enforced over all Europe.
From The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) by Brodrick, George C. (George Charles)
Soon thereafter the continental system and the paper blockade engaged the attention of the American Government.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 by Various
In 1807, Napoléon implemented his Continental System, or Continental Blockade, that required that all European ports be closed to English shipping.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
But far from buckling under the strain of the Continental System, Britain was getting richer, seizing the remains of the French Empire in the Caribbean and smuggling cheap but high-quality manufactured goods into Europe.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Another problem arose in 1806, when Napoleon proclaimed the Continental System, which forbade trade with Great Britain and ordered the seizure of neutral vessels that stopped there before sailing to Europe.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
In an effort to get Portugal to accept the Continental System, he sent an invasion force through Spain.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
In Holland the carrying-trade, which had so long been the chief source of the country's wealth, had been utterly ruined by Napoleon's Continental System.
From History of Holland by Edmundson, George
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