Exercises on the Napoleonic Era

(Unesp) Article 5 — Trade in English goods is prohibited, and any goods belonging to England, or coming from its factories and colonies are declared good prey.

Article 7 — No vessel coming directly from England or the English colonies, or having been there since the publication of this decree, will be received at any port.

Article 8 — Any vessel that, by means of a declaration, violates the above provision shall be seized and the vessel and its cargo will be confiscated as if they were English property.

(Excerpt from the Continental Blockade, Napoleon Bonaparte. Quoted by Kátia M. de Queirós Mattoso. Texts and documents for the study of contemporary history ( 1789-1963), 1977.)

These articles of the Continental Blockade, decreed by the Emperor of France in 1806, allow to notice the French disposition of:

a) to stimulate the autonomy of the English colonies in America, which would come to depend more on their internal trade.

b) prevent England from negotiating with France new legislation for trade in Europe and the colonial areas.

c) cause the transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil, through the military occupation of the Iberian Peninsula.

d) expand the action of English privateers in the North Atlantic Ocean and expand French hegemony in European seas.

e) economically weaken England, then in the process of industrialization, limiting its trade with the rest of Europe.

Many policies implemented during the Napoleonic Era destroyed once and for all the foundations of support for the old absolutist regime. Among these policies were:

a) The Napoleonic Civil Code

b) The Guillotine Law

c) The Magna Carta

d) The Philippine Laws

e) The Manueline Laws

(IBMEC-SP) The Napoleonic expansion in the 19th century decisively influenced several historical events in the period. Among these events, we can highlight:

a) The Independence of the United States. With England's attention focused on the battles with the Napoleonic navy, the American colonists declared their independence, quickly defeating the British.

b) The formation of the Holy Alliance, a military pact between Austria, Prussia, England and Russia that prevented the outbreak of revolutionary movements in Europe and prevented the independence of Spanish and English colonies in America.

c) The Independence of Brazil. With the occupation of Portugal by Napoleonic troops, there was a weakening of the Portuguese monarchy that culminated in the struggles for independence and the breakup of D. Pedro I with Portugal.

d) The Independence of the Spanish colonies. In 1808, Spain was occupied by Napoleonic troops at the same time as the liberal ideals of the French Revolution that inspired the struggles for independence were spreading.

e) The Congress of Vienna. Napoleon's France signed a pact with Austria, England and Russia whose main objective was to establish a truce and reorganize the entire European map.

What was the main reason that compelled Napoleon Bonaparte to wage war against the Russian Empire in 1812?

a) The outbreak of the Russian Revolution, commanded by Vladimir Lenin.

b) The Russian Empire's attempt to appropriate the Italian provinces of the French Empire.

c) The fact that the Russian Empire broke the Continental Blockade.

d) The formation of the commercial alliance between the Russian Empire and the Portuguese Empire.

e) The Russian occupation of the island of Corsica, birthplace of Napoleon.

Letter E

One ​​of the main political-economic maneuvers of the Napoleonic Era was the decree of the Continental Blockade of England, which, at the time, was the main rival of the empire French. As England is an island and the Napoleonic navy could not stand up to the might of English military vessels, the solution found by Napoleon was to try to harm the British through economic means.

Letter A

The Napoleonic Era was responsible for major changes in the way of doing politics in Europe, as well as for the legal consolidation of part of the ideals of the French Revolution. The Napoleonic Code was one of the main instruments of this consolidation, as it organized the civil rights of citizens, such as rights over liberty, property and conduct. This code laid the foundations for contemporary liberal-democratic constitutions.

Letter D

The invasion of Portugal by Napoleonic troops in 1807 brought the Portuguese royal family to Brazil, which elevated the country to the status of the United Kingdom , next to Portugal and Algarves. With the end of the Napoleonic Era, D. João VI returned to Portugal, but left his son, D. Pedro, as Prince Regent in Brazil. D. Pedro's stay in Brazil soon led to the country's independence process and the establishment of the First Reign, in 1822.

Letter C

The Russian Empire abandoned the Continental Blockade agreement against England, which provoked the war against the Napoleonic army. However, this war was one of the most fateful for Napoleon, given that thousands of French soldiers could not withstand the overwhelming Russian winter during the battles.