NAPOLEON'S MOVES
This 1805 naval battle ended Napoleon's hopes of invading Britain
What is the Battle of Trafalgar?
British goods were banned from all ports controlled by this country
What is France?
FRANCE: This was Napoleon's title after 1804
What is Emperor?
Napoleon's army was called this
What is the Grande Armée?
The British navy used this tactic to prevent ships from reaching French ports
What is a naval blockade?
Napoleon's disastrous 1812 campaign to this country marked the beginning of his downfall
What is Russia?
Merchants who illegally traded British goods were called this
What are smugglers (or contraband traders)?
SPAIN: The Spanish resistance fighters against French occupation were called this
What are guerrillas?
These Spanish colonies rebelled during the Napoleonic period
What are Mexico and South America?
Smugglers often used ships flying flags of these types of countries
What are neutral countries?
This economic weapon Napoleon used to try to destroy British trade
What is the Continental System?
This neutral country became a major route for smuggling British goods into Europe
What is Sweden (or Portugal before invasion)?
ENGLAND: This admiral defeated the French fleet at Trafalgar
Who is Admiral Nelson?
Britain focused on this type of production during the blockade
What is agriculture (food self-sufficiency)?
This was the punishment for merchants caught smuggling British goods
What is confiscation (or imprisonment/execution)?
The years when Napoleon was Emperor of France
What is 1804-1814 (and 1815)?
The Continental System ultimately failed because European consumers desperately wanted these British products
What are manufactured goods (textiles, iron, colonial products)?
NETHERLANDS: In 1810, Napoleon did this to the Netherlands
What is annexed it directly into France?
The Netherlands lost access to this major trading partner due to Continental System
What is Britain?
The British controlled this strategic Mediterranean island, making it a smuggling base
What is Malta?
This battle in 1813 was called "the Battle of the Nations" and involved nearly 600,000 soldiers
What is the Battle of Leipzig?
This was the year the Continental System was officially established
What is 1806?
PORTUGAL: Name one way this county was affected by the Napoleonic Wars
What is invaded by France, royal family fled to Brazil?
The Ottoman Empire controlled these traditional coffee-producing regions
What are Yemen and Ethiopia?
This American law in 1807 banned trade with both Britain and France, affecting global commerce
What is the Embargo Act?