Flag Challenge #289
After the defeat of the Allies in Iberia and installation of Joseph as King, the Continental System went from strength to strength.
Industry in Belgium and the Rhineland benefitted from the ending of British competition but, the System failed to bring Britain to its knees by ruining its finances and provoking social unrest.
Smuggling was common; some countries ignored it, the Continental System and its economic consequences heightened the unpopularity of Napoleon in Europe. Napoleon was forced first to strengthen then eventually to grant exceptions to the ban. Britain replied with its own Orders in Council against French trade.
The Continental System, originally an attempt at economic warfare, evolved with the abolition of tariffs from country-to-country within Europe. This enabled European Trade to recover from the effects of the System. Even so, the British blockade of Europe slowed the internal European economy. Since land transport was so slow, Eastern Europe had major problems getting goods from Western Europe. Britain compensated for the loss of European trade by stepping up its volume of trade with its colonies.
Britain's final throw of the dice was the Fifth Coalition and, with its defeat, the system grew to include both the Ottoman Empire and the United States. Over time the system grew to become nominal, more observed in name rather than in practice, however, the connexions also evolved, gradually, into the Continental System Alliance we know today.
The map shows the situation in 1832, showing Alliance partners in shades of Blue, denoting their commitment to the Alliance.
Their opponents; Britain and the EIC are in shades of Red, Portuguese Kingdom of Brazil in Green, the remnants of the Spanish Empire in Yellow, Exiled Kingdom of Denmark in Dark Turquoise and Texas in Buff.
Also shown, Native Tribes of the Americas and Neutral States.
After the defeat of the Allies in Iberia and installation of Joseph as King, the Continental System went from strength to strength.
Industry in Belgium and the Rhineland benefitted from the ending of British competition but, the System failed to bring Britain to its knees by ruining its finances and provoking social unrest.
Smuggling was common; some countries ignored it, the Continental System and its economic consequences heightened the unpopularity of Napoleon in Europe. Napoleon was forced first to strengthen then eventually to grant exceptions to the ban. Britain replied with its own Orders in Council against French trade.
The Continental System, originally an attempt at economic warfare, evolved with the abolition of tariffs from country-to-country within Europe. This enabled European Trade to recover from the effects of the System. Even so, the British blockade of Europe slowed the internal European economy. Since land transport was so slow, Eastern Europe had major problems getting goods from Western Europe. Britain compensated for the loss of European trade by stepping up its volume of trade with its colonies.
Britain's final throw of the dice was the Fifth Coalition and, with its defeat, the system grew to include both the Ottoman Empire and the United States. Over time the system grew to become nominal, more observed in name rather than in practice, however, the connexions also evolved, gradually, into the Continental System Alliance we know today.
The map shows the situation in 1832, showing Alliance partners in shades of Blue, denoting their commitment to the Alliance.
Their opponents; Britain and the EIC are in shades of Red, Portuguese Kingdom of Brazil in Green, the remnants of the Spanish Empire in Yellow, Exiled Kingdom of Denmark in Dark Turquoise and Texas in Buff.
Also shown, Native Tribes of the Americas and Neutral States.
