![]() Napoleon’s shift to a strategy of economic warfare was, in part, prompted by his defeat the year prior at the hands of Britain’s mighty Royal Navy at the Battle of Trafalgar, which led him to conclude that he would be unable to invade the island of Great Britain without first softening the target. In November of 1806 Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France and King of Italy, issued his Berlin Decree, the opening salvo in his strategy of defeating Britain through commercial warfare. shall not be destined to any port belonging to or in the possession of any of His Majesty’s enemies. so approaching … shall not have been at any port belonging to or in the possession of any of His Majesty’s enemies …. prevent neutral ships … goods not being the property of His Majesty’s enemies, and not being contraband of war, from approaching the said coast, and entering into and sailing from the said rivers and ports …. It did however allow neutral vessels to sail through the area in question on route to neutral ports: The blockade prevented neutral ships from trading with any ports located within this blockaded region. the blockade of the coast, rivers, and ports, from the river Elbe to the port of Brest, both inclusive. ambassador to the U.K., James Monroe, informing him that the British Empire would be implementing a blockade ranging from the French port city of Brest to the river Elbe: In May of 1806, Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Charles James Fox sent a letter to U.S. Starve the Treasury, Declare War, Default ![]() Sailorsĭefund the Military, Declare War, Abandon the White House Seized America Ships and the Impressment of U.S. Napoleon’s Berlin Decree and the Continental System The Napoleonic Wars & European Trade Embargoes
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