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</noinclude>1806, Napoleon set up a blockade—a
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forcible closing of ports—to prevent all trade and communication between Great
Britain and other European nations. Napoleon called this policy the Continental
 
System because it was supposed to make continental Europe more self-suffi-
cient. Napoleon also intended it to destroy Great Britain’s
 
commercial and industrial economy.
Napoleon’s blockade, however, was not nearly tight
enough. Aided by the British, smugglers managed to bring
cargo from Britain into Europe. At times, Napoleon’s allies
also disregarded the blockade. Even members of Napoleon’s
family defied the policy, including his brother, Louis, whom
he had made king of Holland. While the blockade weakened
British trade, it did not destroy it. In addition, Britain
responded with its own blockade. And because the British
had a stronger navy, they were better able than the French to
make the blockade work.
To enforce the blockade, the British navy stopped neutral
ships bound for the continent and forced them to sail to a
British port to be searched and taxed. American ships were
among those stopped by the British navy. Angered, the U.S.

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