Frustrated with His Inability to Defeat the British at Sea,Napoleon

question 11

Multiple Choice

Frustrated with his inability to defeat the British at sea,Napoleon devised the "Continental System," which

• A)attempted to limit war on land only where France had an advantage.
• B)was his plan to exert political control over all the land in Europe,Africa,and North America,and in that way have Britain surrounded by three hostile continents.
• C)attempted to create one superstate in continental Europe with a Continental Congress as its legislative body and a Continental army for defense.
• D)was a military alliance between states in continental Europe.
• E)was an attempt to cut Britain off from continental markets and strangle Britain's economy.

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