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The Berlin Decree was issued by Napoleon on November 21, 1806, following the French success against Prussia at the battle of Jena
Jena

Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. With a population of 103,000 it is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt....
. The decree forbade the import of British
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name and the state form of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801 until 12 April 1927....
 goods into European countries allied with or dependent upon France, and installed the Continental System
Continental System

The Continental System was the foreign policy of Napoleon I of France in his struggle against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland during the Napoleonic Wars....
 in Europe. It eventually led to economic ruin for France, while little happened to the economy of Britain, who had control of the Atlantic Ocean trade.






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The Berlin Decree was issued by Napoleon on November 21, 1806, following the French success against Prussia at the battle of Jena
Jena

Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. With a population of 103,000 it is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt....
. The decree forbade the import of British
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name and the state form of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801 until 12 April 1927....
 goods into European countries allied with or dependent upon France, and installed the Continental System
Continental System

The Continental System was the foreign policy of Napoleon I of France in his struggle against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland during the Napoleonic Wars....
 in Europe. It eventually led to economic ruin for France, while little happened to the economy of Britain, who had control of the Atlantic Ocean trade. Other European nations removed themselves from the continental system, which, in part, led to the downfall of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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  • Milan decree
    Milan Decree

    The Milan Decree was issued on December 17 1807 by Napoleon I of France to enforce the Berlin Decree of 1806 which had initiated the Continental System....